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 20.80 USD billion (seasonally adjusted) in September 2026, versus 21.18 in August. This represents a reduction of 1.83 percent.
Sample. There are 416 observations overall in the monthly time series presented in the graph above. The time range covered by the series is from February 1992 to September 2026.
History. Check out some statistics calculated on the full sample: new orders reached a maximum of 25.89 USD billion in June 2000; they hit a minimum of 2.58 USD billion in December 2000; they were equal on average to 9.43 USD billion.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 21,873.0 |
| 2026-08-31 | 21,182.0 |
| 2026-09-30 | 20,795.0 |
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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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