The Top 100 Defense Companies for 2016
Top 100 Defense Companies for 2016
Wondering who are today’s top defense companies? Defense News has just released the following Top 100 for 2016 list today. AQT Solutions is proud to serve some of today’s top defense contractors on this list and beyond, including L-3 Communications, CAE (USA and Canada) with our ATMS Military & Defense training management system.
| Rank | Last Year’s Rank | Company | Leadership | Country | 2015 Defense Revenue* (in millions) | 2014 Defense Revenue* (in millions) | % Defense Revenue Change | 2015 Total Revenue* (in millions) | Revenue From Defense |
| 1 | 1 | Lockheed Martin 1 2 | Marillyn Hewson, Chairman, President and CEO | US | 40,596.00 | 40,128.00 | 1.17% | 46,132.00 | 88.00% |
| 2 | 2 | Boeing | Dennis Muilenburg, President and CEO | US | 30,388.00 | 29,000.00 | 4.79% | 96,114.00 | 31.62% |
| 3 | 3 | BAE Systems | Ian Graham King, CEO | UK | 25,278.08 | 25,449.00 | -0.67% | 27,357.31 | 92.40% |
| 4 | 4 | Raytheon 1 | Thomas Kennedy, Chairman and CEO | US | 21,619.71 | 22,228.20 | -2.74% | 23,247.00 | 93.00% |
| 5 | 5 | General Dynamics | Phebe Novakovic, Chairman and CEO | US | 19,148.00 | 18,561.00 | 3.16% | 31,469.00 | 60.85% |
| 6 | 6 | Northrop Grumman | Wes Bush, Chairman, President and CEO | US | 17,600.00 | 18,400.00 | -4.35% | 23,526.00 | 74.81% |
| 7 | 7 | Airbus | Fabrice BrŽgier, President and CEO | Netherlands | 12,776.10 | 14,609.50 | -12.55% | 71,539.50 | 17.86% |
| 8 | 9 | Leonardo Spa 3 | Mauro Moretti, CEO and General Manager | Italy | 9,318.45 | 9,808.00 | -4.99% | 14,424.45 | 64.60% |
| 9 | 10 | L-3 Communications | Michael Strianese, Chairman, President and CEO | US | 8,772.00 | 9,808.00 | -10.56% | 10,466.00 | 83.81% |
| 10 | 12 | Thales | Patrice Caine, Chairman and CEO | France | 7,863.24 | 8,461.60 | -7.07% | 15,609.93 | 50.37% |
| 11 | 11 | Almaz-Antey | Yan Novikov, CEO | Russia | 6,965.77 | 9,209.80 | -24.37% | 6,965.77 | 100.00% |
| 12 | 13 | Huntington Ingalls Industries | Mike Petters, President and CEO | US | 6,879.60 | 6,818.00 | 0.90% | 7,020.00 | 98.00% |
| 13 | 8 | United Technologies Corporation 2 | Gregory Hayes, President, CEO and Director | US | 6,780.00 | 13,020.00 | -47.93% | 56,500.00 | 12.00% |
| 14 | 15 | Rolls-Royce | Warren East, CEO | UK | 4,790.28 | 5,433.70 | -11.84% | 19,795.40 | 24.20% |
| 15 | 16 | Honeywell | David Cote, CEO | US | 4,715.00 | 4,754.00 | -0.82% | 38,581.00 | 12.22% |
| 16 | 14 | United Aircraft Corporation 4 | Yury Slyusar, President and Chairman | Russia | 4,643.76 | 6,244.00 | -25.63% | 5,804.70 | 80.00% |
| 17 | 39 | Harris 5 | Bill Brown, Chairman, President and CEO | US | 4,400.00 | 2,384.70 | 84.51% | 7,467.00 | 58.93% |
| 18 | 17 | Textron | Scott Donnelly, Chairman, President and CEO | US | 4,161.13 | 4,719.00 | -11.82% | 13,423.00 | 31.00% |
| 19 | 22 | GE Aviation | David Joyce, President and CEO | US | 3,700.00 | 4,000.00 | -7.50% | 24,660.00 | 15.00% |
| 20 | 25 | Babcock International 1 | Peter Rogers, CEO | UK | 3,357.41 | 3,558.80 | -5.66% | 7,298.72 | 46.00% |
| 21 | 20 | Safran | Phillippe Petitcolin, CEO | France | 3,334.44 | 4,081.30 | -18.30% | 19,329.54 | 17.25% |
| 22 | 21 | DCNS Group | HervŽ Guillou, Chairman and CEO | US | 3,288.55 | 4,074.70 | -19.29% | 3,363.30 | 97.78% |
| 23 | 24 | Leidos | Roger Krone, Chairman and CEO | US | 3,248.00 | 3,627.00 | -10.45% | 5,086.00 | 63.86% |
| 24 | 27 | Bechtel | Bill Dudley, CEO | US | 3,230.00 | 3,000.00 | 7.67% | 37,200.00 | 8.68% |
| 25 | 23 | Russian Helicopters 3 | Alexander Mikheev, CEO | Russia | 3,193.99 | 3,960.00 | -19.34% | 3,629.54 | 88.00% |
| 26 | 29 | Elbit Systems | Bezhalel Machlis, President and CEO | Israel | 3,108.00 | 2,958.20 | 5.06% | 3,108.00 | 100.00% |
| 27 | 28 | Rheinmetall | Armin Papperger, CEO | Germany | 2,876.01 | 2,976.90 | -3.39% | 5,753.00 | 49.99% |
| 28 | 34 | SAIC | Tony Moraco, CEO | US | 2,838.00 | 2,735.00 | 3.77% | 4,315.00 | 65.77% |
| 29 | 32 | Israel Aerospace Industries | Joseph Weiss, President & CEO | Israel | 2,776.00 | 2,785.00 | -0.32% | 3,708.00 | 74.87% |
| 30 | 33 | Orbital ATK | David Thompson, President and CEO | US | 2,775.00 | 2,750.00 | 0.91% | 4,515.00 | 61.46% |
| 31 | 18 | AECOM | Michael Burke, Chairman and CEO | US | 2,735.00 | 4,433.00 | -38.30% | 17,989.90 | 15.20% |
| 32 | 30 | Saab | HŒkan Buskhe, President and CEO | Sweden | 2,643.83 | 2,829.30 | -6.56% | 3,224.26 | 82.00% |
| 33 | 19 | Booz Allen Hamilton | Horacio Rozanski, President and CEO | US | 2,600.00 | 4,100.00 | -36.59% | 5,405.74 | 48.10% |
| 34 | 70 | KNDS 6 | Frank Haun and StŽphane Mayer, CEOs | Germany | 2,442.00 | 1,096.20 | 122.77% | 2,442.00 | 100.00% |
| 35 | 38 | Hindustan Aeronautics | T. Suvarna Raju, Chairman and Managing Director | India | 2,410.97 | 2,480.40 | -2.80% | 2,560.61 | 94.16% |
| 36 | 36 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 7 | Shunichi Miyanaga, President and CEO | Japan | 2,395.12 | 2,626.70 | -8.82% | 42,761.81 | 5.60% |
| 37 | 31 | Tactical Missiles Corporation, JSC | Boris Obnosov, Director General | Russia | 2,387.78 | 2,147.80 | 11.17% | 2,498.22 | 95.58% |
| 38 | 53 | Hanwha Group 8 | Seung Youn Kim, Chairman | South Korea | 2,374.74 | 1,545.00 | 53.70% | 2,427.72 | 97.82% |
| 39 | 37 | CACI International | Ken Asbury, President and CEO | US | 2,217.03 | 2,578.00 | -14.00% | 3,313.45 | 66.91% |
| 40 | 41 | Rockwell Collins | Kelly Ortberg, President and CEO | US | 2,187.00 | 2,209.00 | -1.00% | 5,244.00 | 41.70% |
| 41 | 45 | Rafael Advanced Defense Systems | Yoav Har-Even, President and CEO | Israel | 2,016.17 | 2,115.00 | -4.67% | 2,016.17 | 100.00% |
| 42 | 47 | Cobham | Bob Murphy, CEO | UK | 1,965.50 | 1,860.00 | 5.67% | 3,170.16 | 62.00% |
| 43 | 58 | Dassault Group | Serge Dassault, CEO | France | 1,887.00 | 1,332.30 | 41.63% | 4,662.00 | 40.48% |
| 44 | 46 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries 7 | Shigeru Murayama, President | Japan | 1,740.83 | 1,909.20 | -8.82% | 13,523.72 | 12.87% |
| 45 | 50 | Aerojet Rocketdyne | Eileen Drake, CEO and President | US | 1,708.30 | 1,591.20 | 7.36% | 1,708.30 | 100.00% |
| 46 | 42 | CSRA 9 | Lawrence Prior, President and CEO | US | 1,684.85 | 2,177.00 | -22.61% | 5,191.25 | 32.46% |
| 47 | 61 | Korea Aerospace Industries | Ha, Sung-Yong, President and CEO | South Korea | 1,678.86 | 1,160.00 | 44.73% | 2,552.91 | 65.76% |
| 48 | NR | Concern Radioelectronic Technologies, JSC | Nikolay Kolesov, CEO | Russia | 1,678.41 | NA | NA | 1,963.56 | 85.48% |
| 49 | 44 | ST Engineering | Tan Pheng Hock, President and CEO | Singapore | 1,659.32 | 2,012.80 | -17.56% | 4,609.36 | 36.00% |
| 50 | 43 | Serco 1 | Rupert Soames, CEO | UK | 1,613.43 | 2,174.80 | -25.81% | 4,609.36 | 35.00% |
| 51 | 59 | LIG Nex1 | Lee Hyo-koo, CEO | South Korea | 1,528.67 | 1,330.00 | 14.94% | 1,528.67 | 100.00% |
| 52 | 64 | ManTech International | George Pedersen, Chairman and CEO | US | 1,406.00 | 1,046.70 | 34.33% | 1,550.12 | 90.70% |
| 53 | 51 | DynCorp | S. Gordon Walsh, CEO | US | 1,287.35 | 1,579.00 | -18.47% | 1,923.18 | 66.94% |
| 54 | 57 | Nexter Group 10 | StŽphane Mayer, CEO | France | 1,187.70 | 1,392.80 | -14.73% | 1,187.70 | 100.00% |
| 55 | NR | Vectrus 11 | Kenneth Hunzeker, President and CEO | US | 1,180.00 | NA | NA | 1,180.00 | 100.00% |
| 56 | 56 | Fincantieri | Giuseppe Bono, CEO | Italy | 1,172.16 | 1,406.80 | -16.68% | 4,643.07 | 25.25% |
| 57 | 63 | Accenture | Pierre Nanterme, Chairman and CEO | US | 1,140.00 | 1,059.50 | 7.60% | 31,000.00 | 3.68% |
| 58 | 62 | Aselsan | Faik Eken, CEO | Turkey | 1,025.98 | 1,109.00 | -7.49% | 1,025.98 | 100.00% |
| 59 | 60 | Fluor | David Thomas Seaton, Chairman and CEO | US | 1,019.66 | 1,319.30 | -22.71% | 18,100.00 | 5.63% |
| 60 | 52 | Uralvagonzavod | Oleg Sienko, CEO | Russia | 1,014.39 | 1,545.00 | -34.34% | 1,758.47 | 57.69% |
| 61 | 76 | Bharat Electronics | S.K. Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director | India | 982.12 | 875.70 | 12.15% | 1,094.57 | 89.73% |
| 62 | 67 | GKN Aerospace | Kevin Cummings, CEO | UK | 953.47 | 990.20 | -3.71% | 3,820.00 | 24.96% |
| 63 | 68 | Ultra Electronics 1 | Rakesh Sharma, CEO | UK | 943.32 | 951.50 | -0.86% | 1,109.79 | 85.00% |
| 64 | 48 | Oshkosh Defense 12 | Charles Szews, CEO | US | 939.80 | 1,725.00 | -45.52% | 6,098.10 | 15.41% |
| 65 | 74 | PAE | John Heller, CEO | US | 939.50 | 895.20 | 4.95% | 2,109.53 | 44.54% |
| 66 | 66 | NEC 7 | Nobuhiro Endo, Chairman | Japan | 921.83 | 1,011.00 | -8.82% | 26,710.32 | 3.45% |
| 67 | NR | Austal 13 | David Singleton, CEO | Australia | 920.00 | 791.00 | 16.31% | 1,060.00 | 86.79% |
| 68 | 92 | Ukroboronprom | Roman Romanov, General Director | Ukraine | 920.00 | 575.90 | 59.75% | 920.00 | 100.00% |
| 69 | 65 | QinetiQ | Steve Wadey, CEO | UK | 912.22 | 1,017.90 | -10.38% | 1,154.56 | 79.01% |
| 70 | 71 | Kongsberg 14 | Walter Qvam, President & CEO | Norway | 894.29 | 929.80 | -3.82% | 2,113.67 | 42.31% |
| 71 | 54 | Engility | Lynn Dugle, CEO | US | 888.72 | 1,530.00 | -41.91% | 2,086.00 | 42.60% |
| 72 | 78 | Turkish Aerospace Industries | Muharrem Dortkasli, President and CEO | Turkey | 886.55 | 853.60 | 3.86% | 1,034.65 | 85.69% |
| 73 | NR | Vencore | Mac Curtis, President and CEO | US | 880.48 | 838.62 | 4.99% | 1,155.05 | 76.23% |
| 74 | 75 | Meggitt 1 | Stephen Young, CEO | UK | 877.07 | 888.70 | -1.31% | 2,505.92 | 35.00% |
| 75 | 81 | Cubic | Bradley Feldmann, President & CEO | US | 864.20 | 798.70 | 8.20% | 1,431.00 | 60.39% |
| 76 | 79 | Moog | John Scannell, CEO | US | 848.39 | 837.80 | 1.26% | 2,525.53 | 33.59% |
| 77 | 72 | ANA Holdings 7 | Shinya Katanozaka, President & CEO | Japan | 844.48 | 926.10 | -8.81% | 15,592.46 | 5.42% |
| 78 | 86 | Ruag | Urs Breitmeier, CEO | Switzerland | 816.19 | 718.40 | 13.61% | 1,813.76 | 45.00% |
| 79 | 55 | Embraer | Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva, CEO | Brazil | 811.10 | 1,459.50 | -44.43% | 5,928.10 | 13.68% |
| 80 | 84 | Curtiss-Wright | David Adams, Chairman and CEO | US | 787.27 | 749.60 | 5.03% | 2,205.68 | 35.69% |
| 81 | 77 | Mitsubishi Electric 7 | Masaki Sakuyama, President and CEO | Japan | 784.42 | 860.30 | -8.82% | 39,339.67 | 1.99% |
| 82 | 82 | CAE | Gene Colabatistto, Group President, Defence & Security | Canada | 741.16 | 755.60 | -1.91% | 1,919.17 | 38.62% |
| 83 | 69 | RTI | Sergey Boev, General Director | Russia | 660.13 | 947.20 | -30.31% | 1,050.60 | 62.83% |
| 84 | 96 | ViaSat 15 | Mark Dankberg, Chairman and CEO | US | 607.50 | 535.50 | 13.45% | 1,417.00 | 42.87% |
| 85 | 88 | Indra 16 | Frenando Abril-Martorell, Chairman | Spain | 601.62 | 676.00 | -11.00% | 3,163.50 | 19.02% |
| 86 | 80 | AAR Corp. | David Storch, Chairman, President and CEO | US | 589.80 | 827.40 | -28.72% | 1,594.30 | 36.99% |
| 87 | 87 | Ball Aerospace | David Taylor, President and CEO | US | 577.30 | 681.00 | -15.23% | 810.10 | 71.26% |
| 88 | 91 | IHI Corporation 7 | Tamotsu Saito, CEO | Japan | 563.29 | 617.80 | -8.82% | 15,145.13 | 3.72% |
| 89 | 95 | Day & Zimmermann | Hal Yoh, Chairman and CEO | US | 559.36 | 555.00 | 0.79% | 2,700.00 | 20.72% |
| 90 | 99 | Israel Military Industries | Ian Graham King, CEO | Israel | 511.00 | 475.80 | 7.40% | 511.00 | 100.00% |
| 91 | NR | Toshiba | Masashi Muromachi, CEO | Japan | 479.57 | NA | NA | 60,568.69 | 0.79% |
| 92 | 85 | Chemring 1 | Michael Flowers, CEO | UK | 478.13 | 723.70 | -33.93% | 576.06 | 83.00% |
| 93 | 93 | Battelle | Jeffrey Wadsworth, President and CEO | US | 476.00 | 569.20 | -16.37% | 4,800.00 | 9.92% |
| 94 | 90 | Diehl Defence Holding | Heinrich Schunk, President | Germany | 449.55 | 648.50 | -30.68% | 3,450.44 | 13.03% |
| 95 | 98 | Fujitsu 7 | Masami Yamamoto, Chairman | Japan | 440.47 | 525.90 | -16.24% | 39,727.90 | 1.11% |
| 96 | 94 | Patria 17 | Heikki Allonen | Finland | 431.42 | 555.80 | -22.38% | 4,747.47 | 9.09% |
| 97 | 100 | Denel | Zoli – Kunene, Chairman | South Africa | 415.49 | 454.60 | -8.60% | 415.49 | 100.00% |
| 98 | NR | Telephonics | Joseph J. Battaglia, President and CEO | US | 397.68 | 367.95 | 8.08% | 2,016.03 | 19.73% |
| 99 | 97 | Nammo 11 | Morten Brandtzaeg, President and CEO | Norway | 363.12 | 527.40 | -31.15% | 453.96 | 79.99% |
| 100 | NR | Komatsu Ltd. 7 | Kunio Noji, Chairman | Japan | 308.49 | NA | NA | 18,005.95 | 1.71% |
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Notes
- Data for the Top 100 list comes from information Defense News solicited from companies, from companies’ annual reports and from Defense News staff research.
- Companies were contacted by Defense News and asked to fill out a survey reporting their total annual revenue and revenue derived from defense, homeland security and other national security contracts.
- Currency conversions for non-US firms were calculated using average market conversion rates over each firm’s fiscal year, when available, to mitigate the effects of currency fluctuations.
- * Any company adjustments made to 2014 defense revenue during the subsequent year not reflected.
- 1 Total defense revenue is based on a percentage of total revenue given by the company
- 2 Lockheed Martin closed on the acquisition of Sikorsky Aircraft from United Technology Corp. in November 2015
- 3 Defense revenue is based on percentage of total revenue as was reported for 2014
- 4 Finmeccanica rebranded as Leonardo following shareholder approval in April 2016
- 5 Harris closed on the acquisition of Exelis in May 2015
- 6 KNDS defense revenue generated from a joint venture of Nexter and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann
- 7 Defense Revenue reflects awards made by the Japan Ministry of Defense for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015
- 8 Defense revenue does not include TechWin sales
- 9 CSRA was formed in November 2015 through the combination of the North American Public Sector business of CSC and SRA International
- 10 Nexter Group includes defense revenue separate from KDNS, the joint venture of Nexter and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann
- 11 Formed in September 2015, with the spinoff of the Mission Systems group from Exelis. Exelis was acquired by Harris in May 2015
- 12 Retired December 2015
- 13 2014 defense revenue provided by company
- 14 Resigned June 2016
- 15 Totals for fiscal 2016, which ended March 31, 2016
- 16 2015 defense revenue reflects total for Defence & Security group
- 17 Retired August 2016
- NA- Not available
- NR- Not ranked
Source: Defense News
