Defense Capital Goods New Orders (advance estimate; not seasonally adjusted; USD million) - United States - Census - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Advance manufacturing survey (U.S. Census)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. On a sesonally unadjusted basis, in the United States, new orders of defense capital goods were 23.45 USD billion in March 2026, compared to 13.28 in February 2026. This marks a gain of 76.58 percent.
Sample. There are 410 data points overall in the monthly time series shown in the chart above. The time period covered by the series stretches from February 1992 to March 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few statistics we calculated on the entire sample: new orders were equal on average to 9.24 USD billion; they recorded a minimum of 2.47 in July 1996; they reached their highest level of 25.48 in June 2000.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-31 | 13215.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 13283.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 23451.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Defense Capital Goods New Orders |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Nominal aggregate |
| Deflation method | Current prices |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | US dollars (USD) million |
| Source | U.S. Census Bureau |
| Source type | National statistical agency |
| Data licence | Open Data |
| Measure type | Level |
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