The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing companies, 2009

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The SIPRI Top 100 lists the world’s 100 largest arms-producing companies (excluding Chinese companies), ranked by their arms sales. The list is based on the comprehensive SIPRI Arms Industry Database, which contains financial and employment data on the world’s major arms-producing companies. The SIPRI Top 100 for 2009 is the 22nd 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 domestic and export sales. Military goods and services are those which are designed specifically for military purposes.

Although several Chinese arms-producing enterprises are large enough to rank among the SIPRI Top 100, it has not been possible to include them because of lack of comparable and sufficiently accurate data. In addition, there are companies in other countries, such as Kazakhstan and Ukraine, that could also be large enough to appear in the SIPRI Top 100 list if data were 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.

Figures for arms sales, total sales and total profit are in millions of US dollars. 'S' denotes a subsidiary company.

Rank[a]		Company[c]	Country	Sectors[d]	Arms sales (US$ m.)[b]		Total sales, 2009 (US$ m.)	Arms sales as share of total sales, 2009 (%)	Total profit, 2009 (US$ m.)	Total employ- ment, 2009
2009	2008	Company[c]	Country	Sectors[d]	2009	2008	Total sales, 2009 (US$ m.)	Arms sales as share of total sales, 2009 (%)	Total profit, 2009 (US$ m.)	Total employ- ment, 2009
1	2	Lockheed Martin	USA	Ac El Mi Sp	33 430	29 880	45 189	74	3 024	140 000
2	1	BAE Systems	UK	A Ac El MV Mi SA/A Sh	33 250	32 420	34 914	95	–70	98 000
3	3	Boeing	USA	Ac El Mi Sp	32 300	29 200	68 281	47	1 312	157 100
4	4	Northrop Grumman	USA	Ac El Mi Ser Sh Sp	27 000	26 090	33 755	80	1 686	120 700
5	5	General Dynamics	USA	A El MV SA/A Sh	25 590	22 780	31 981	80	2 394	91 700
6	6	Raytheon	USA	El Mi	23 080	21 030	24 881	93	1 976	75 000
S	S	BAE Systems Inc. (BAE Systems, UK)	USA	A El MV SA/A	19 280	19 970	19 276	100	1 836	48 020
7	7	EADS	Trans-European	Ac El Mi Sp	15 930	17 900	59 475	27	–1 060	119 510
8	8	Finmeccanica	Italy	A Ac El MV Mi SA/A	13 280	13 240	25 244	53	997	73 060
9	9	L-3 Communications	USA	El Ser	13 010	12 160	15 615	83	901	67 000
10	11	United Technologies	USA	Ac El Eng	11 110	9 980	52 920	21	4 179	206 700
11	10	Thales	France	A El MV Mi SA/A Sh	10 200	10 760	17 890	57	178	64 290
12	12	SAIC	USA	Ser Comp(MV)	8 030	7 350	10 846	74	497	46 200
13	14	Computer Sciences Corporation	USA	Ser	6 050	5 710	16 128	37	834	94 000
14	15	Honeywell	USA	El	5 380	5 310	30 908	17	2 153	122 000
15	13	KBR[e]	USA	Ser	4 990	5 730	12 105	41	290	51 000
16	25	SAFRAN	France	El	4 740	3 020	14 511	33	522	54 870
17	16	ITT Corporation	USA	El	4 730	5 170	10 905	43	637	40 200
18	22	General Electric	USA	Eng El	4 700	3 650	156 783	3	19 339	300 000
19	17	Rolls-Royce	UK	Eng	4 140	4 720	15 745	26	3 453	38 500
S	S	Sikorsky (United Technologies)	USA	Ac	3 980	3 060	6 318	63	. .	. .
S	S	Pratt & Whitney (United Technologies)	USA	Eng	3 940	3 550	12 577	31	. .	36 000
20	19	AM General[f]	USA	MV	3 720	4 040	. .	. .	. .	. .
S	S	MBDA (BAE Systems, UK/ EADS, trans- European/ Finmeccanica, Italy)	Trans-European	Mi	3 610	3 950	3 611	100	330	9 750
21	23	Textron	USA	Ac El Eng MV	3 570	3 420	10 500	34	–31	32 000
22	21	DCNS	France	Sh	3 340	3 660	3 342	100	179	12 200
23	18	Almaz-Antei[g]	Russia	Mi	3 260	4 340	3 659	89	. .	90 410
S	S	Eurocopter (EADS, trans-European)	France	Ac	3 050	3 610	6 347	48	. .	. .
S	S	CASA (EADS, trans-European)	Spain	Ac	2 900	2 510	3 152	92	–268	6 350
24	28	Alliant Techsystems	USA	SA/A	2 810	2 680	4 808	59	279	18 000
25	24	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries[h]	Japan	Ac MV Mi Sh	2 810	3 040	31 430	9	151	67 670
26	20	Navistar	USA	MV	2 800	3 900	11 569	24	320	17 900
S	S	AgustaWestland (Finmeccanica)	Italy	Ac	2 800	2 370	4 833	58	285	10 340
27	27	URS Corporation	USA	El	2 770	2 680	9 249	30	269	45 000
28	37	Oshkosh Corporation	USA	MV	2 770	2 070	5 295	52	–1 099	12 300
29	–	United Aircraft Corporation, UAC[g]	Russia	Ac	2 710	. .	3 592	75	–656	97 500
30	32	Elbit Systems	Israel	El	2 700	2 520	2 832	95	215	11 240
31	26	Saab	Sweden	Ac El Mi	2 640	3 000	3 220	82	91	13 160
32	29	Rheinmetall	Germany	A El MV SA/A	2 640	2 660	4 750	55	–72	19 770
33	33	Rockwell Collins	USA	El	2 580	2 370	4 470	58	594	19 300
34	30	Agility	Kuwait	Ser	2 480	2 560	5 922	42	543	32 000
S	S	EADS Astrium (EADS, trans-European)	France	Sp	2 400	2 200	6 665	36	. .	15 000
35	47	DynCorp International[i]	USA	Ser	2 300	1 860	3 585	64	111	22 300
36	44	Cobham	UK	Comp(Ac El)	2 260	1 910	2 929	77	290	11 540
37	40	CEA	France	Oth	2 160	2 010	5 515	39	350	15 720
38	42	Serco	UK	Ser	2 110	1 950	6 184	34	203	70 000
39	48	CACI International	USA	Ser	2 080	1 810	2 730	76	95	12 400
40	34	Israel Aerospace Industries	Israel	Ac El Mi	2 030	2 230	2 900	70	61	17 000
41	39	Babcock International Group	UK	Ser Sh Oth	2 010	2 020	2 952	68	169	16 640
42	49	Goodrich	USA	Comp(Ac)	2 010	1 770	6 686	30	597	24 000
43	46	Navantia	Spain	Sh	1 980	1 880	2 197	90	–115	5 520
44	53	Mitsubishi Electric[h]	Japan	El Mi	1 950	1 510	35 837	5	1 008	109 570
45	45	Hindustan Aeronautics	India	Ac Mi	1 950	1 910	2 169	90	359	34 100
46	51	ManTech International Corporation	USA	Ser	1 920	1 760	2 020	95	112	8 000
47	41	Harris	USA	El	1 900	1 980	5 005	38	38	15 400
S	S	Alenia Aeronautica (Finmeccanica)	Italy	Ac	1 810	1 820	2 713	67	161	8 970
48	35	QinetiQ	UK	Ser	1 770	2 170	2 532	70	–99	13 080
S	S	MBDA France (MBDA, trans-European)	France	Mi	1 740	2 130	1 740	100	117	4 330
49	55	Indian Ordnance Factories[j]	India	A SA/A	1 700	1 380	2 124	80	. .	101 450
50	43	Krauss-Maffei Wegmann[k]	Germany	MV	1 630	1 950	1 715	95	211	3 150
51	31	Hewlett-Packard	USA	Ser	1 580	2 540	114 552	1	7 660	304 000
52	52	Rafael	Israel	Ac Mi SA/A Oth	1 570	1 530	1 600	98	112	6 000
53	50	ThyssenKrupp	Germany	Sh	1 550	1 760	56 338	3	–2 601	187 500
54	57	ST Engineering (Temasek)	Singapore	Ac El MV SA/A Sh	1 450	1 280	3 813	38	305	21 010
S	38	Sukhoi (UAC)[g]	Russia	Ac	1 440	2 040	1 547	93	8	28 000
55	36	Groupe Dassault	France	Ac	1 360	2 100	4 751	67	438	11 650
56	58	VT Group	UK	Ser Sh	1 240	1 210	1 950	64	328	. .
57	69	Nexter	France	A MV SA/A	1 230	850	1 232	100	196	2 690
S	S	Thales Air Defence (Thales, France)	UK	Mi	1 210	1 200	1 212	100	115	. .
58	62	Samsung	South Korea	A El MV Sh	1 170	1 010	172 382	1	13 833	275 000
59	54	Kawasaki Heavy Industries[h]	Japan	Ac Eng Mi Sh	1 110	1 480	12 541	9	–14	32 300
60	61	GKN	UK	Comp(Ac)	1 110	1 070	6 578	17	–53	38 200
61	73	Shaw Group[l]	USA	Ser	1 100	800	7 230	15	15	28 000
S	S	BAE Systems Australia (BAE Systems, UK)	Australia	Ac Comp(El) Sh	1 090	1 090	1 092	100	. .	6 100
62	77	Kongsberg Gruppen	Norway	El Mi SA/A	1 090	740	2 197	50	132	5 420
63	65	Diehl	Germany	Mi SA/A	1 070	940	3 063	35	30	12 210
S	60	Irkut Corporation (UAC)[g]	Russia	Ac	1 060	1 150	1 160	91	52	12 780
64	56	Force Protection	USA	MV	980	1 330	980	100	29	1 170
65	63	Indra	Spain	El	940	1 000	3 490	27	272	26 180
S	S	Samsung Techwin (Samsung)	South Korea	A El Eng MV	930	750	2 070	45	221	6 070
66	80	Moog	USA	Comp(El Mi)	920	720	1 849	50	85	10 010
67	59	TRV Corporation[g]	Russia	Mi	910	1 170	988	92	65	23 320
68	85	Jacobs Engineering Group[m]	USA	Ser	880	670	11 467	8	400	53 200
69	68	Precision Castparts Corporation	USA	Comp(Ac)	880	890	5 487	16	923	18 100
S	S	Thales Nederland (Thales, France)	Netherlands	El	880	770	880	100	56	. .
70	67	Bharat Electronics	India	El	870	900	961	90	154	11 770
71	87	Fincantieri	Italy	Sh	860	670	4 540	19	–89	10 530
72	72	VSE Corporation	USA	Ser	840	830	1 015	83	24	2 530
73	70	Vertolety Rossii (OPK Oboronprom)[g]	Russia	Ac	810	850	1 817	45	173	37 930
S	S	Selex Communications (Finmeccanica)	Italy	Comp(El Oth)	810	900	1 015	80	9	4 280
74	78	Ultra Electronics	UK	El	810	730	1 014	80	122	4 160
75	71	Meggitt	UK	Comp(Ac)	810	830	1 793	45	217	7 200
76	90	Uralvagonzavod[g]	Russia	MV	800	640	1 143	70	–226	30 490
S	–	MiG (UAC)[g]	Russia	Ac	780	. .	783	99	–332	11 590
S	S	Selex Galileo (Finmeccanica)[n]	Italy	El	770	730	886	87	40	2 770
77	64	NEC[h]	Japan	El	770	950	38 294	2	122	142 360
78	76	SRA International	USA	El	760	750	1 541	50	58	6 980
79	88	Curtiss-Wright Corporation	USA	Comp(Ac Sh)	760	660	1 810	42	95	7 600
80	93	Chemring Group	UK	SA/A	750	620	785	96	109	3 350
81	74	LIG Nex1	South Korea	El	750	770	757	99	32	2 490
82	79	MTU Aero Engines	Germany	Eng	740	730	3 626	20	196	7 670
83	91	Alion Science and Technology	USA	Ser	740	640	802	92	–17	3 380
84	75	RUAG	Switzerland	A Ac Eng SA/A	730	760	1 558	47	–98	7 530
85	82	Teledyne Technologies	USA	El	730	680	1 765	41	113	8 100
86	95	Cubic Corporation	USA	Ser	710	610	1 017	70	56	7 300
87	83	CAE	Canada	El	710	680	1 335	53	126	7 000
88	–	Fluor[o]	USA	Ser	710	430	21 990	3	684	36 150
89	89	MITRE[p]	USA	Ser	700	650	1 263	56	. .	7 180
90	–	UEC[g]	Russia	Eng	680	. .	2 279	30	–250	73 730
91	92	Avio (Cinven, UK)	Italy	Eng	670	630	2 364	28	54	5 230
92	86	Patria	Finland	Ac MV SA/A	660	670	749	88	24	3 410
93	84	Fiat[q]	Italy	MV	650	680	69 586	1	–1 178	190 010
S	S	Iveco (Fiat)	Italy	MV	650	680	9 976	7	–125	24 920
94	–	Aselsan	Turkey	El	640	490	670	96	119	3 730
95	97	Vought Aircraft Industries (Carlyle Group)	USA	Ac	640	610	1 900	34	. .	5 900
96	81	ARINC (Carlyle Group)[r]	USA	Ser	640	700	1 000	64	. .	3 200
97	98	Esterline Technologies	USA	Comp(A Ac SA/A Sh)	640	590	1 425	45	120	8 900
98	100	Chugach Alaska Corporation[s]	USA	Ser	630	570	1 000	63	. .	6 600
S	S	Thales Australia (Thales, France)	Australia	A El MV Mi SA/A Sh	630	630	826	76	. .	3 410
S	S	MBDA Italia (MBDA, trans-European)	Italy	Mi	610	540	612	100	14	1 250
99	99	The Aerospace Corporation	USA	Ser	610	590	840	70	. .	4 000
100	–	AAR Corporation	USA	Comp(Ac) Ser	610	510	1 424	43	79	5 930

[a] Companies are ranked according to the value of their arms sales in 2009. An S denotes a subsidiary company. A dash (–) indicates that the company did not rank among the SIPRI Top 100 for 2008. Company names and structures are listed as they were on 31 December 2009. Information about subsequent changes is provided in these notes. The 2008 ranks may differ from those published in SIPRI Yearbook 2010 owing to continual revision of data, most often because of changes reported by the company itself and sometimes because of improved estimations. Major revisions are explained in these notes.

[b] Dots (. .) indicate that data is not available.

[c] 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.

[d] Key to abbreviations: A = artillery; Ac = aircraft; El = electronics; Eng = engines; Mi = missiles; MV = military vehicles; SA/A = small arms/ammunition; Ser = services; Sh = ships; Sp = space; Oth = other; Comp( ) = components, services or anything else less than final systems in the sectors within the parentheses—used only for companies that do not produce final systems.

[e] The arms sales figures for KBR are an estimate based on LOGCAP III payments and payments by the British Ministry of Defence (MOD).

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

[g] This is the 8th 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.

This is the first year in which United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and United Engine Corporation (UEC)—the two new main Russian state-owned conglomerates—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 Irkut, MiG and Sukhoi are reported as subsidiaries of UAC. UEC also reported overall arms sales figures. Although reported as a parent company here, Vertolety Rossii is a subsidiary of OPK Oboronprom. For more detail on Russian arms-producing industry consolidation, see Jackson, S., ‘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.

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

[i] The arms sales figure for DynCorp is revenues from the US DOD. This is probably an underestimate, as some security contracts with the US State Department should probably be classified as military business, and are thus ‘arms sales’ according to the SIPRI definition. Veritas Capital sold its shares in DynCorp to Cerberus Capital Management in 2010.

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

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

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

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

[n] Selex Galileo was formerly known as Galileo Avionica.

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

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

[q] The arms sales of Fiat are those of its Iveco trucks and commercial vehicles division, which sells some military vehicles.

[r] The arms sales figures for ARINC are based on a 3-year average of US DOD prime contract awards.

[s] The arms sales figures for Chugach Alaska Corporation are based on a 2-year average of US DOD prime contract awards.

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