The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing and military services companies, 2010

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The SIPRI Top 100 lists the world’s 100 largest arms-producing and military services companies (excluding Chinese companies), ranked by their arms sales in 2010. The list is based on the comprehensive SIPRI Arms Industry Database, which contains financial and employment data on the world’s major arms-producing and military services companies. The SIPRI Top 100 for 2010 is the 23nd edition of the SIPRI Top 100—earlier versions are available here.

Arms sales are defined by SIPRI as sales of military goods and services to military customers, including both sales for domestic procurement and sales for export. Military goods and services are those that are designed specifically for military purposes and the technologies related to such goods and services.

Although it is known that several Chinese arms-producing enterprises are large enough to rank among the SIPRI Top 100, a lack of comparable and sufficiently accurate data makes it impossible to include them. There are also companies in other countries, such as Kazakhstan and Ukraine, that could be large enough to appear in the SIPRI Top 100 list were data available, but this is less certain.

For more on the coverage and methodology of the SIPRI Top 100 see the notes below and read the sources and methods.

Companies are ranked according to the value of their arms sales in 2010. An S denotes a subsidiary company. A dash (–) indicates that the company did not rank among the SIPRI Top 100 for 2009.

Company names and structures are listed as they were on 31 Dec. 2010. For subsidiaries and operational companies owned by a holding or investment company, the name of the parent company is given in parentheses along with its country, where it differs.

Figures for arms sales, total sales and total profit are in millions of US dollars.

Rank		Company	Country	Sectors	Arms sales (US$ m.)		Total sales, 2010 (US$ m.)	Arms sales as share of total sales, 2010 (%)	Total profit, 2010 (US$ m.)	Total employ- ment, 2010
2010	2009	Company	Country	Sectors	2010	2009	Total sales, 2010 (US$ m.)	Arms sales as share of total sales, 2010 (%)	Total profit, 2010 (US$ m.)	Total employ- ment, 2010
1	1	Lockheed Martin		Aircraft, Electronics, Missiles, Space	35 730	33 430	45 803	78	2 926	132 000
2	2	BAE Systems		Aircraft, Artillery, Electronics, Missiles, Military vehicles, Small arms/ammunition, Ships	32 880	32 540	34 609	95	1 671	98 200
3	3	Boeing		Aircraft, Electronics, Missiles, Space	31 360	32 300	64 306	49	3 307	160 500
4	4	Northrop Grumman		Aircraft, Electronics, Missiles, Ships, Space	28 150	27 000	34 757	81	2 053	117 100
5	5	General Dynamics		Artillery, Electronics, Military vehicles, Small arms/ammunition, Ships	23 940	23 380	32 466	74	2 624	90 000
6	6	Raytheon		Electronics, Missiles	22 980	23 080	25 183	91	1 879	72 400
S	S	BAE Systems Inc. (BAE Systems, UK)		Artillery, Electronics, Military vehicles, Small arms/ammunition	17 900	19 280	17 903	100	1 966	46 900
7	7	EADS		Aircraft, Electronics, Missiles, Space	16 360	15 930	60 599	27	732	121 690
8	8	Finmeccanica		Aircraft, Artillery, Electronics, Missiles, Military vehicles, Small arms/ammunition	14 410	13 280	24 762	58	738	75 200
9	9	L-3 Communications		Electronics, Services	13 070	13 010	15 680	83	955	63 000
10	10	United Technologies		Aircraft, Electronics, Engines	11 410	11 110	54 326	21	4 711	208 220
11	11	Thales		Artillery, Electronics, Missiles, Military vehicles, Small arms/ammunition, Ships	9 950	10 200	17 384	57	60	63 730
12	12	SAIC		Services, Components (Military vehicles)	8 230	8 030	11 117	74	618	43 400
13	27	Oshkosh Truck		Military vehicles	7 080	2 770	9 842	72	790	12 400
14	13	Computer Sciences Corp.		Services	5 940	6 050	16 042	37	759	91 000
15	14	Honeywell		Electronics	5 400	5 380	33 370	16	2 022	130 000
16	16	Safran		Electronics	4 800	4 740	14 252	34	673	54 260
S	S	Sikorsky (United Technologies)		Aircraft	4 530	3 980	6 684	68	. .	18 000
17	19	Rolls-Royce		Engines	4 330	4 260	16 794	26	839	38 900
18	18	General Electric		Engines	4 300	4 700	150 211	3	11 644	287 000
S	S	Pratt & Whitney (United Technologies)		Engines	4 080	3 940	12 935	32	. .	35 000
19	17	ITT Corp.		Electronics	4 000	4 730	10 995	36	654	40 000
20	22	Almaz-Antei [a]		Missiles	3 950	3 260	4 436	89	24	88 700
S	S	MBDA (BAE Systems, UK/EADS, trans-European/Finmeccanica, Italy)		Missiles	3 710	3 610	3 709	100	219	10 010
21	28	United Aircraft Corp.[a]		Aircraft	3 440	2 710	4 222	82	–639	95 900
22	21	DCNS		Ships	3 320	3 340	3 315	100	181	12 500
23	15	KBR[b]		Services	3 310	4 990	10 099	33	327	35 000
24	26	URS Corp.		Electronics	3 030	2 770	9 177	33	288	47 000
25	24	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries [c]		Aircraft, Missiles, Military vehicles, Ships	2 960	2 810	33 080	9	343	68 820
S	S	Eurocopter Group (EADS, trans-European)		Aircraft	2 940	3 050	6 397	46	. .	16 760
S	S	AgustaWestland (Finmeccanica)		Aircraft	2 920	2 800	4 827	61	273	13 570
26	23	Alliant Techsystems		Small arms/ammunition	2 870	2 810	4 842	59	313	15 000
27	33	Rockwell Collins		Electronics	2 860	2 580	4 665	61	561	20 000
28	31	Saab		Aircraft, Electronics, Missiles	2 780	2 640	3 390	82	63	12 540
29	42	Babcock International Group		Services, Ships, Other	2 770	2 010	4 475	62	162	27 340
30	34	Textron		Aircraft, Electronics, Engines, Military vehicles	2 740	2 570	10 525	26	86	32 000
31	32	Rheinmetall		Artillery, Electronics, Military vehicles, Small arms/ammunition	2 660	2 640	5 283	50	230	19 980
32	51	Hewlett-Packard		Services	2 570	1 580	126 033	2	8 761	324 600
33	47	ManTech International Corp.		Services	2 490	1 920	2 604	96	125	10 100
34	38	Hindustan Aeronautics		Aircraft, Missiles	2 480	2 130	2 756	90	. .	. .
35	29	Elbit Systems		Electronics	2 480	2 700	2 607	95	183	12 320
S	S	EADS Astrium (EADS, trans-European)		Space	2 450	2 400	6 626	37	. .	15 340
36	25	Navistar		Military vehicles	2 410	2 800	12 145	20	223	18 700
37	41	Israel Aerospace Industries		Aircraft, Electronics, Missiles	2 400	2 030	3 150	76	94	16 000
38	30	DynCorp International (Cerberus Capital)[d]		Services	2 390	2 650	3 387	71	–9	23 000
39	40	CACI International		Services	2 320	2 080	3 149	74	107	13 100
40	36	Cobham		Components (Aircraft, Electronics)	2 260	2 260	2 941	77	298	11 640
41	44	Goodrich		Components (Aircraft)	2 230	2 010	6 967	11	579	16 300
42	37	CEA		Other	2 200	2 160	5 485	40	90	15 850
S	S	MBDA France (MBDA, trans-European)		Missiles	2 190	1 740	2 187	100	219	4 300
43	48	Harris		Electronics	2 130	1 900	5 206	41	562	15 800
44	39	Serco		Services	2 130	2 110	6 688	32	243	70 000
45	45	Navantia		Ships	2 010	1 980	2 102	96	–61	5 230
46	55	Indian Ordnance Factories[e]		Artillery, Small arms/ammunition	1 960	1 440	2 451	80	. .	. .
S	S	Alenia Aeronautica (Finmeccanica)		Aircraft	1 920	1 810	2 861	67	58	10 050
47	73	Vertolety Rossii (OPK Oboronoprom)[a]		Aircraft	1 910	810	2 677	71	204	38 490
48	20	AM General[f]		Military vehicles	1 900	3 720	. .	. .	. .	2 500
49	53	ST Engineering (Temasek)		Aircraft, Electronics, Military vehicles, Small arms/ammunition, Ships	1 750	1 450	4 384	40	360	6 570
50	49	QinetiQ		Services	1 730	1 770	2 512	69	–98	13 080
51	–	United Shipbuilding Corp.[a]		Ships	1 650	. .	2 359	70	. .	71 280
52	50	Krauss-Maffei Wegmann[g]		Military vehicles	1 590	1 630	1 693	94	391	. .
53	62	Kongsberg Gruppen		Electronics, Missiles, Small arms/ammunition	1 500	1 090	2 564	58	248	5 680
54	53	Rafael		Aircraft, Missiles, Small arms/ammunition, Other	1 470	1 570	1 500	98	. .	6 500
55	57	Nexter		Artillery, Military vehicles, Small arms/ammunition	1 430	1 230	1 425	100	217	2 700
S	S	BAE Systems Australia (BAE Systems, UK)		Aircraft, Ships	1 380	1 090	1 376	100	. .	6 500
S	S	Sukhoi (United Aircraft Corp.)[a]		Aircraft	1 360	1 440	1 466	93	53	26 900
56	44	ThyssenKrupp		Ships	1 340	1 980	56 452	2	1 228	177 350
S	S	Irkut Corp. (United Aircraft Corp.)[a]		Aircraft	1 330	1 060	1 548	86	56	14 030
57	–	IHI Group[c]		Engines, Ships	1 330	280	13 526	10	339	26 040
58	36	Agility		Services	1 310	2 480	5 596	23	87	22 000
59	89	Fluor[h]		Services	1 300	710	20 849	6	358	39 230
60	59	Samsung		Artillery, Electronics, Engines, Military vehicles, Ships	1 290	1 170	133 756	1	13 967	344 000
61	55	Groupe Dassault		Aircraft	1 270	1 360	5 546	23	523	11 490
62	91	United Engine Corp.[a]		Engines	1 250	680	2 805	44	92	69 580
S	–	Sevmash (United Shipbuilding Corp.)[a]		Ships	1 240	530	1 381	90	–23	. .
63	64	Diehl		Missiles, Small arms/ammunition	1 210	1 070	3 609	34	29	13 570
64	46	Mitsubishi Electric[c]		Electronics, Missiles	1 160	1 950	41 528	3	1 419	114 440
65	–	Triumph Group		Aircraft, Components (Other), Services	1 080	480	2 905	37	150	12 100
S	S	Thales Nederland (Thales, France)		Electronics	1 060	880	1 062	100	52	. .
66	60	GKN		Components (Aircraft)	1 050	1 110	8 391	13	502	39 900
S	S	Samsung Techwin (Samsung)		Artillery, Electronics, Engines, Military vehicles	1 030	930	2 249	46	. .	. .
67	69	Jacobs Engineering Group[i]		Services	1 020	880	9 915	10	246	38 500
68	59	Kawasaki Heavy Industries[c]		Aircraft, Engines, Missiles, Ships	1 020	1 110	13 978	7	296	32 710
69	68	TRV Corp.[a]		Missiles	1 010	910	1 120	90	62	. .
70	77	NEC[c]		Electronics	980	770	35 491	3	–143	115 840
71	67	Bharat Electronics		Electronics	970	920	1 214	80	. .	11 100
72	66	Moog		Components (Electronics, Missiles)	960	920	2 114	46	108	10 120
73	71	Fincantieri		Ships	940	860	3 809	25	–164	10 210
S	S	IHI Marine United (IHI Group)[c]		Ships	890	. .	2 163	41	15	. .
74	80	Chemring Group		Small arms/ammunition	890	750	923	96	103	4 280
75	74	Ultra Electronics		Electronics	880	810	1 097	80	102	4 150
76	87	CAE		Electronics	840	710	1 582	53	165	7 500
77	84	RUAG		Aircraft, Artillery, Engines, Small arms/ammunition	830	730	1 722	48	88	7 720
S	S	Selex Galileo (Finmeccanica)		Electronics	820	770	899	91	45	2 690
78	61	Shaw Group[j]		Services	810	1 100	7 001	12	93	27 000
79	81	LIG Nex1		Electronics	810	750	822	99	35	. .
80	70	Precision Castparts Corp.		Components (Aircraft)	810	880	6 220	13	1 015	18 300
81	86	Cubic Corp.		Components (Electronics), Services	810	710	1 194	68	71	6 100
82	75	Meggitt		Components (Aircraft, Electronics), Other	780	810	1 796	44	215	7 370
83	–	Hawker Beechcraft		Aircraft	780	600	2 805	28	–304	6 800
84	65	Indra		Electronics	780	940	3 387	23	249	28 610
85	79	Curtiss-Wright Corp.		Components (Aircraft, Ships)	780	760	1 893	41	107	7 600
86	83	Alion Science and Technology		Services	770	740	834	93	–15	3 100
87	95	Aselsan		Electronics	760	640	792	97	160	4 010
S	S	Selex Communications (Finmeccanica)		Components (Electronics, Other)	750	810	943	80	30	4 140
88	90	Mitre[k]		Services	740	700	1 310	57	. .	7 540
89	76	Uralvagonzavod[a]		Military vehicles	730	800	1 814	40	188	27 930
90	78	SRA International		Electronics	700	760	1 667	42	18	7 100
91	98	Esterline Technologies		Components (Artillery, Aircraft, Small arms/ammunition, Ships)	690	640	1 527	45	142	8 980
92	–	MMPP Salyut[a]		Components (Aircraft)	690	490	721	95	. .	. .
S	S	Thales Australia (Thales, France)		Artillery, Electronics, Missiles, Military vehicles, Small arms/ammunition, Ships	680	630	681	100	. .	3 300
93	72	VSE Corp.		Services	680	840	866	78	24	2 900
94	–	Embraer		Aircraft	670	470	5 364	12	346	17 150
95	85	Teledyne Technologies		Electronics	670	720	1 644	41	121	9 200
96	93	Patria		Aircraft, Military vehicles, Small arms/ammunition	660	660	747	88	5	3 400
97	64	Force Protection		Military vehicles	660	980	656	100	15	1 280
98	99	AAR Corp.		Services	650	610	1 352	48	45	5 800
99	100	GenCorp		Electronics, Engines	650	610	838	77	7	3 140
S	S	MBDA Italia (MBDA, trans-European)		Missiles	640	610	644	100	7	1 260
100	82	MTU Aero Engines		Engines	640	740	3 586	18	188	7 670
S	S	Raytheon Australia (Raytheon, USA)		Components (Aircraft), Services	640	490	641	100	. .	1 350

[a] This is the 9th year in which Russian companies have been covered by the SIPRI Top 100. There may be other Russian companies that should be in the list but for which insufficient data is available. Figures for Russian companies are from the Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST), Moscow.

Vertolety Rossii has since 2005 operated as a subsidiary of OPK Oboronprom. However since comparable financial data for Oboronprom for 2010 are not currently available, Vertolety Rossii is reported in the Top 100 as a parent company. This is the first year in which United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC)—the new main Russian state-owned conglomerate in 2010—reported parent company figures and subsidiary figures. In previous years, these figures were reported separately for each subsidiary or not reported at all. This year, figures for Sevmash are reported as a subsidiary of USC. For more detail on Russian arms industry consolidation see Jackson, S. T., ‘Arms production’, SIPRI Yearbook 2011; Jackson, S. T., ‘Arms production’, SIPRI Yearbook 2010; and Perlo-Freeman, S. et al., ‘The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing companies, 2007’, SIPRI Yearbook 2009, pp. 286–87.

[b] The arms sales figures for KBR are an estimate based on payments from the US Department of Defense (DOD) for LOGCAP III and IV contracts and payments by the British Ministry of Defence (MOD).

[c] Arms sales figures for Japanese companies represent new military contracts rather than arms sales.

[d] Veritas Capital sold its shares in DynCorp to Cerberus Capital Management in 2010. The arms sales figure for DynCorp is an estimate based on pro forma revenues reported in financial statement of Delta Tucker Holdings (Cerberus Capital’s technical reporting parent for DynCorp) for the 9-months from the company’s inception until 31 Dec. 2010.

[e] All figures for Indian Ordnance Factories are estimates.

[f] Limited financial data is available for AM General. The SIPRI estimate of arms sales is based on a 2-year average of US DOD prime contract awards.

[g] The arms sales figures for Krauss-Maffei Wegmann are based on a small estimate of the company’s non-military sales.

[h] The arms sales figures for Fluor are based on US DOD LOGCAP IV contracts.

[i] The arms sales figures for Jacobs Engineering Group are based on a 3-year average of US DOD prime contract awards.

[j] The arms sales figures for Shaw Group are based on a 2-year average of US DOD prime contract awards.

[k] The arms sales figures for Mitre are based on a 5-year average of US DOD prime contract awards.

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