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Here is a list of the 100 top defense contractors. Note the size of the companies involved. Note how many - the overwhelming majority - are U.S. companies. Revenues in 2011, according to PWC, were a measly 677 billion dollars.
Switzerland/United States Acutronic Republic of Ireland Accenture Ltd. United States Action Target United States Advatech Pacific, Inc United States Aerojet United States Aerospace Corporation United States Aerovironment United States Advanced Armament Corporation (AAC) United States Advanced Integrated Systems United States AECOM United Kingdom Aegis Defense Services Sweden Aimpoint United States AirScan United States Airtronic USA United States Aivea Corporation United States Allen Vanguard United States Alliant Techsystems United States/Canada Allied Container Systems United States AM General Corporation United States American Dynamics Flight Systems United States American Ordnance LLC United States American Petroleum Institute United States Analysis, Computing & Engineering Solutions, Inc. (ACES, Inc.) Ukraine Antonov Airlines United States Applied Research Associates Inc. United States Arcturus-UAV United States ARINC United States Argon ST United States ArmorSource United States ArmorWorks United States Artis LLC United States ASSETT, Inc. United States Astronautics Corporation of America United States Aurora Flight Sciences United States AV-Optimal Defense Consultancy Service United States AVX Aircraft Company United Kingdom BAE Systems plc United States BAE Systems Inc. United States BAE Systems Land and Armaments United States BAE Systems Electronics, Intelligence & Support South Africa Land Systems OMC United States Ball Corporation United States Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. United States Barrett Firearms Manufacturing United States Battelle Memorial Institute United States Bechtel Corporation Italy Benelli USA United States Berico Technologies Saudi Arabia/United Kingdom BDM Corporation United States Blazeware Inc. United States Black Knight Technology Inc. United States Boecore United States Boeing Company United States Boeing Sikorsky Comanche Team United States Boeing SVS United States McDonnell Douglas United States Insitu United States Booz Allen Hamilton United States Boston Dynamics United Kingdom British Nuclear Fuels Limited United States Brogden Enterprises, Inc. United States CACI International Inc. United States Carlyle Group United States Carnegie Mellon University United States Ceradyne United States Charles Stark Draper Laboratory United States Chenega Federal Systems United States CNA Corporation United States Colt Defense United States Concurrent Technologies Corporation United States Critical Solutions International United States Crye Associates United States CSA Engineering United States CSI Combined Systems United States Computer Sciences Corporation United States Cubic Corporation United States Omega Training Group United States Decibel Research Inc. United States Defense Technologies Inc. United Kingdom Delta Intelligence & Security United States DEW Engineering United States Digital System Resources Inc. United States Dillon Aero United States DRS Technologies United States DynCorp United States Dynetics, Inc. Netherlands EADS United States EADS North America United States Exnovo Solutions, Inc.* France Eurocopter United States American Eurocopter France Airbus United States Earth Class Mail United States East/West Industries, Inc. United States Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense United States Edison Welding Institute Israel Elbit Systems United States M7 Aerospace United States ENSCO, Inc. United States/Turkey/Poland Environmental Tectonics Corporation United States Ernst & Young United States Evergreen International Aviation United States Exxon Corporation Italy Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta Belgium Fabrique Nationale de Herstal United States FLIR Systems United States Fluor Corp. United States FGM Inc United States F M C Technologies United States Force Protection Inc United States Foster-Miller, Inc. United States Foster Wheeler Ltd. United States Foundation Health Systems Inc. United Kingdom G4S plc United Kingdom Armour Group Inc United States GB Industrial Battery United States Gemini Industries Inc. United States General Atomics United States General Dynamics United States Gulfstream Switzerland MOWAG United States General Dynamics Electric Boat United States Bath Iron Works United States General Electric Military Jet Engines Division United States Geo-Centers Inc. Austria Glock Ges.m.b.H. United States Goodrich Corporation United States Gordon and Castille Industries United States Georgia Tech Research Institute United States Harris Corporation United States/United Arab Emirates Halliburton Corporation United States Health Net, Inc. Germany Heckler & Koch USA United States HESCO USA United States Hewlett-Packard United States Honeywell Croatia HS Produkt United States Humana Inc. United States Hybricon Corporation United States IBM United States Industrial Machining & Design Services, Inc. Puerto Rico Infotech Aerospace Services (a Pratt & Whitney joint venture) United States Insight Technology United States Institute for Defense Analyses United States Intelsat United States International Resources Group United States iRobot Israel Israeli Aerospace Industries Israel Israeli Military Industries United States ITT Exelis United States ITT Research Institute United States Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. United States JGB Enterprises, Inc. United States Johns Hopkins University United States Kaman Aircraft United States Kearfott Corporation United States Kellogg, Brown and Root United States Knight's Armament Company Norway Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace United States L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. United States SYColeman United States Brashear United States EOTech United States Lockheed Martin United States Gyrocam Systems United States Longbow Limited Liability Inc. United States LRAD Corporation United States M9 Defense Systems Sweden MacGregor Group (part of Cargotec corporation) Denmark A.P. Moller-Maersk Group United States ManTech International United States Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States Maytag Aircraft Corporation France/United Kingdom/United States MBDA United States McQ Inc Turkey Menatek Spare Parts Australia Metal Storm South Africa Milkor USA United States Mission Essential Personnel United States MITRE Corporation; also see ANSER Institute for Homeland Security Japan Mitsubishi United States Motorola Inc. United States Mustang Tech Group United States Natel Electronic Manufacturing Services United States Navistar Defense United States Nextel United States NexGen Data Systems, inc. United States Nichols Research Corporation Japan NITTOH KENSETSU CO., LTD. United States Northrop Grumman Corporation United States Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems United States Northrop Grumman Information Technologies United States Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems United States Northrop Grumman Mission Systems United States Northrop Grumman Newport News (formerly Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company) United States Northrop Grumman Ship Systems United States Northrop Grumman Space Technology United States Northrop Grumman Technical Services United States Ocean Shipholdings Inc. United States Oceaneering International United States Olin Corporation; also see John M. Olin and John M. Olin Foundation United States Orbital Sciences Corporation United States Oshkosh Corporation United States Osterhout Design Group; see also Ralph Osterhout United States OT Training Solutions Canada Para-Ordnance United States Perot Systems United States Picatinny Arsenal United States Pinnacle Armor United States Point Blank Solutions, Inc. United States Precision Castparts Corporation United States Quantum3D United States QinetiQ North America United States Raytheon United States BBN Technologies United States JPS Communications Canada ELCAN Sighting Systems United States Remington Arms United States Revision Eyewear United States Rock Island Arsenal United States Rockwell Collins United Kingdom Rolls-Royce plc United States RONCO (de-mining operations Horn of Africa) Sweden Saab AB United States SBG Technology Solutions United States Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) United States Sensis Corporation United States Shell Oil Company Germany Siemens AG United States/Canada SimplexGrinnell, LP United States SFA, Inc. United States SGIS United States Smartronix, Inc. United States SmartRounds United States Smith & Wesson United States Sobran, inc United States SPARTA, Inc. United States SpotterRF United States Springfield Armory United States SRC Inc United States SRI International Singapore ST Engineering Singapore ST Kinetics United States Sumaria Systems United States Vision Technologies Systems United States Stanley, Inc. United States Standard Missile Company LLC United States Stevedoring Services of America United States Stewart and Stevenson United States Strum, Ruger & Company Incorporated United States Subsystem Technologies Incorporated United States Sverdrup Corporation Switzerland Swiss Arms United States SIG Sauer United States Talla-Tech United States Tangent Networks LLC Brazil Forjas Taurus S/A United States TCom United States Teledyne United Kingdom Telent United States Texas Instruments United States Textron Inc. United States Bell Helicopter Textron United States United Industrial Corporation United States AAI Corporation United States The Columbia Group United States Trijicon United States Tri-Star Engineering, Inc. United States TriWest Healthcare Alliance United States Tyco International Ltd. United States ADT Security Services United States University of Texas System United States Unisys Corporation United States United Technologies United States Sikorsky United States Pratt & Whitney United States URS Corporation United States Washington Group International United States USmax Corporation United States US Falcon United States US Ordnance United States Vangent United States Velocity Systems United States Verizon Communications United States Vinnell Corporation United States Vinnell-Brown & Root United States Westinghouse Electric Corporation United States Wiley X United States Worldcorp Inc. United States Wyvern Technologies, Aerospace & Defense Contractors United States Academi LLC (formerly Blackwater and Xe Services) United States York Executive Operations
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