Defense Capital Goods New Orders (advance estimate; 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. In the United States, new orders of defense capital goods were 19.48 billion US dollars (seasonally adjusted) in March 2026, compared to 16.51 in February. This constitutes a gain of 17.99 percent.
Sample. There are 410 observations overall in the monthly time series presented in the chart above. The time range covered by the series stretches from February 1992 to March 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some simple statistics we calculated on the entire sample: new orders had a mean value of 9.24 USD billion; they recorded a minimum of 2.58 in December 2000; they achieved a maximum of 25.89 in June 2000.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-31 | 16136.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 16513.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 19484.0 |
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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 | Yes |
| 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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