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303000 Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery


This type includes:

  • manufacture of airplanes for the transport of goods or passengers, for use by the defence forces, for sport or other purposes
  • manufacture of helicopters
  • manufacture of gliders, hang-gliders
  • manufacture of dirigibles and hot air balloons
  • manufacture of parts and accessories of the aircraft of this type:
  • major assemblies such as fuselages, wings, doors, control surfaces, landing gear, fuel tanks, nacelles, etc.
  • airscrews, helicopter rotors and propelled rotor blades
  • motors and engines of a kind typically found on aircraft
  • parts of turbojets and turbopropellers for aircraft
  • manufacture of ground flying trainers
  • manufacture of spacecraft and launch vehicles, satellites, planetary probes, orbital stations, shuttles
  • manufacture of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM)

This type also includes:

  • overhaul and conversion of aircraft or aircraft engines
  • manufacture of aircraft seats

This type excludes:

  • manufacture of parachutes (see 139203)
  • manufacture of military ordinance and ammunition (see 254000)
  • manufacture of telecommunication equipment for satellites (see 263000)
  • manufacture of aircraft instrumentation and aeronautical instruments (see 265100)
  • manufacture of air navigation systems (see 265100)
  • manufacture of lighting equipment for aircraft (see 274000)
  • manufacture of ignition parts and other electrical parts for internal combustion engines (see 279000)
  • manufacture of pistons, piston rings and carburettors (see 281100)
  • manufacture of aircraft launching gear, aircraft carrier catapults and related equipment (see 289902)