Aircraft
Airliners Lift U.S. Aerospace Industry to $228 Billion in Sales
U.S. aerospace industry sales in 2014 grew to $228 billion, according to the Aerospace Industries Association.
Boeing plans to increase the capacity and production rate at its 737 plant in Renton, Wash., shown here in an artist's rendering, from 42 airplanes per month to 47 in 2017. (Image: Boeing)
Boeing plans to increase the capacity and production rate at its 737 plant in Renton, Wash., shown here in an artist's rendering, from 42 airplanes per month to 47 in 2017. (Image: Boeing)

U.S. aerospace industry sales will grow by about 4 percent to $228.4 billion as 2014 concludes, with large airliner sales setting the pace. Overall sales of civil aircraft, the largest segment of an industry that counts military aircraft, missiles, space and related products and services in its results, will increase from $69.7 billion in 2013 to an estimated $75.3 billion, according to the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA).