What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| transactional/sales | Defence ministries and procurement agencies (US DoD/DLA, UK MoD, NATO NSPA), prime MRO contractors (BAE Systems, Huntington Ingalls… | Per contract award / per task order, with modifications | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | National aviation authorities (FAA Part 145 / EASA Part 145 repair-station certificates), classification societies and naval registries… | Per facility / per certificate / per licence application | public |
| employment & workforce | Shipyard and depot operators, defence unions, national statistics offices and labour agencies, company annual reports | Per site headcount, trade/skill category, monthly or annual | public |
| financial filings | Listed MRO primes and shipbuilders (SEC 10-K, EU annual accounts), government depot working-capital fund reports (US Army/Navy depot… | Segment/quarterly and annual; depot-level revenue in government reports | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Military safety centres (US Naval Safety Command, Air Force Safety Center mishap reports), OSHA/HSE inspection records for shipyards… | Per mishap/incident; per inspection with citations | public |
| waste & emissions | Shipyards and depots reporting to environmental regulators (US EPA TRI, NPDES permits, E-PRTR in EU), base environmental offices | Per facility annual release/discharge by pollutant | public |
| production output | Depot maintenance organisations and primes (aircraft/vehicle/ship throughput, availabilities completed), service logistics commands; partly… | Per platform type per fiscal year, units inducted/completed | public |
| geospatial/movement | Shipyards and depots (dry-dock occupancy), AIS/ADS-B aggregators and OSINT trackers observing naval vessels and military transport aircraft… | Per vessel/aircraft position track; per-facility imagery snapshots | purchasable |
| pricing | Defence procurement cost agencies (DoD CAPE, DCAA), primes' cost-accounting systems, spare-parts catalogues (DLA FLIS/ Federal Logistics… | Per NSN/part line item, per labour-hour rate, per contract | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | Defence logistics agencies (DLA, UK Defence Equipment & Support), depot supply systems, OEM spares distributors, MRO ERP systems | Per NSN per depot/warehouse, stock level and backorder status | partnership |
| energy consumption | Shipyard and depot facility managers, base energy offices; aggregate reporting in government facility energy scorecards | Per facility monthly utility consumption | partnership |
| logistics & freight movement | Military transport commands (USTRANSCOM), freight forwarders and heavy-lift carriers moving hulls/airframes and spares, customs records for… | Per shipment / per movement leg | partnership |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Naval shipyards and air-logistics complexes (dry-dock and depot slot schedules), fleet readiness commands; summarised in GAO and CRS… | Per dock/hangar/bay per availability window; per-platform depot induction dates | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | MRO providers holding AS9100/AS9110, ISO 9001 and NADCAP accreditations (certificate registries), government quality assurance (DCMA)… | Per facility certificate, per audit, per test/inspection record | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | Platform OEMs and MRO providers via health & usage monitoring systems (HUMS on rotorcraft, engine FADEC/ EHM data, ship machinery condition… | Per airframe/hull/engine, per flight or sortie, continuous time series | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Military maintenance information systems (US Navy NAVSEA/ NAVAIR NALCOMIS-OOMA, Army GCSS-A, RAF LITS), OEM fleet-support organisations | Per work order / per tail number or hull number, per component removal | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.