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List of defense contractors

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A defense contractor is a business organization or individual that provides products or services to a military or intelligence department of a government. Products typically include military or civilian aircraft, ships, vehicles, weaponry, and electronic systems, while services can include logistics, technical support and training, communications support, and engineering support in cooperation with the government.

Security contractors do not generally provide direct support of military operations. Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions, military contractors engaged in direct support of military operations may be legitimate targets of military interrogation.

In the United States, defense contracting has taken an increasingly larger role. In 2009, the Department of Defense spent nearly $316 billion on contracts.[1] Contractors have assumed a much larger on-the-ground presence during American conflicts: during the 1991 Gulf War the ratio of uniformed military to contractors was about 50 to 1, while during the first four years of the Iraq War the U.S. hired over 190,000 contractors, surpassing the total American military presence even during the 2007 Iraq surge and 23 times greater than other allied military personnel numbers.[1] In Afghanistan, the presence of almost 100,000 contractors has resulted in a near 1-to-1 ratio with military personnel.[1] The surge in spending on defense services contractors that began in 2001 came to a halt in 2009, leading to the Better Buying Power initiative of 2010.[2][3]

List of companies

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This is a list of the world's largest arms manufacturers and other military service companies, along with their countries of origin. The information is based on a list published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute for 2022.[4] The numbers are in billions of US dollars.

Rank Country Company name Revenue from
Defense (US$ billions)
Total Revenue
(US$ billions)
% of Total Revenue
from Defense
1  United States Lockheed Martin 59.390 65.984 90
2  United States RTX Corporation 39.570 67.074 59
3  United States Northrop Grumman 32.300 36.602 88
4  United States Boeing 29.300 66.608 44
5  United States General Dynamics 28.320 39.407 72
6  United Kingdom BAE Systems 26.900 27.712 97
7  China Norinco 22.060 82.537 27
8  China Aviation Industry Corporation of China 20.620 82.499 25
9  China China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation 19.560 44.458 44
10  Russia Rostec 16.810 30.295 55
11  China China Electronics Technology Group Corporation 15.080 55.837 27
12  United States L3Harris 12.630 17.062 74
13  Italy Leonardo 12.470 15.025 83
14  EU Airbus 12.090 61.805 20
15  China China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 11.770 37.364 32
16  China China State Shipbuilding Corporation 10.440 51.443 20
17  France Thales Group 9.420 18.479 51
18  United States Huntington Ingalls Industries 8.750 10.676 82
19  United States Leidos 8.240 14.287 58
20  United States Amentum 6.560 8.750 75
21  China China South Industries Group 6.460 42.507 15
22  United States Booz Allen Hamilton 5.900 9.259 64
23  France Dassault Aviation 5.070 7.288 70
24  Israel Elbit Systems 4.960 5.512 90
25  United Kingdom Rolls-Royce Holdings 4.930 15.647 32
26  United States CACI 4.820 6.703 72
27  United States Honeywell 4.630 35.466 13
28  Germany Rheinmetall 4.550 6.742 67
29  France Naval Group 4.530 4.578 99
30  United States Peraton 4.410 7.000 63
31  United States General Electric 4.410 76.555 5.8
32  EU MBDA 4.380 4.428 99
33  United States KBR 4.270 6.564 65
34  France Safran 4.200 20.021 21
35  Israel Israel Aerospace Industries 4.100 4.973 82
36  Russia United Shipbuilding Corporation 3.950 5.011 79
37  United States Sandia National Laboratories 3.920 4.409 89
38  United States Science Applications International Corporation 3.780 7.704 49
39  Sweden Saab AB 3.700 4.154 89
40  United Kingdom Babcock International Group 3.680 5.473 67
41  India Hindustan Aeronautics 3.460 3.643 95
42  Israel Rafael Advanced Defense Systems 3.380 3.450 98
43  Japan Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 3.250 32.000 10
44  EU KMW+Nexter Defense Systems 3.200 3.366 95
45  United States Textron 2.910 12.869 23
46  Italy Fincantieri 2.820 7.825 36
47  France French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) 2.790 6.135 45
48  South Korea Hanwha Aerospace 2.780 5.561 50
49  United States Bechtel 2.740 . . . .
50  Taiwan National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology 2.590 2.859 91

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Singer, Peter W. "The Regulation of New Warfare", The Brookings Institution, February 2010.
  2. ^ Fryer-Biggs, Zachary. head "Price Wars Prompt Firms To Abandon Service Sector." Defense News, 9 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Better Buying Power (Public Site)."
  4. ^ "The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing and military services companies in the world, 2022 | SIPRI". www.sipri.org. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
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