Defense News Top 100 for 2012
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Alphabetically by country. Revenue figures are in millions of U.S. dollars. Currency conversions for non-U.S. firms calculated using average market conversion rates over each firm's fiscal year to mitigate the effects of currency fluctuations.
| Rank | Company | Leadership | Country | Last Year's Rank |
2011 Defense Revenue |
2010 Defense Revenue |
% defense revenue change |
% of Revenue from Defense |
|
74 |
Embraer |
Frederico Fleury Curado, President and CEO |
Brazil |
87 |
866.8 |
671.3 |
29.1% |
5,914.8 |
14.7% |
71 |
CAE |
Marc Parent, President and CEO |
Canada |
72 |
904.5 |
850.9 |
6.3% |
1,842.9 |
49.1% |
81 |
Patria |
Heikki Allonen, CEO |
Finland |
89 |
779.5 |
658.4 |
18.4% |
861.6 |
90.5% |
11 |
Thales |
Luc Vigneron, Chairman and CEO |
France |
11 |
9,492.6 |
9,956.0 |
-4.7% |
18,135.0 |
52.3% |
22 |
DCNS |
Patrick Boissier, Chairman and CEO |
France |
24 |
3,647.0 |
3,318.7 |
9.9% |
3,647.0 |
100% |
26 |
Safran |
Jean-Paul Herteman, Chairman and CEO |
France |
25 |
3,267.3 |
3,142.4 |
4% |
16,336.5 |
20% |
60 |
Dassault Aviation |
Charles Edelstenne, CEO |
France |
54 |
1,238.9 |
1,273.0 |
-2.7% |
4,600.6 |
26.9% |
61 |
Nexter |
Philippe Burtin, Chairman and CEO |
France |
51 |
1,184.6 |
1,428.4 |
-17.1% |
1,184.6 |
100% |
30 |
Rheinmetall |
Klaus Eberhardt, CEO |
Germany |
30 |
2,980.3 |
2,664.2 |
11.9% |
6,200.0 |
48.1% |
57 |
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann |
Frank Haun, President and CEO |
Germany |
56 |
1,308.5 |
1,194.7 |
9.5% |
1,308.5 |
100% |
68 |
Diehl Stiftung |
Thomas Diehl, President and CEO |
Germany |
66 |
946.6 |
963.7 |
-1.8% |
3,793.3 |
25% |
36 |
Hindustan Aeronautics |
Ravindra K. Tyagi, Chairman |
India |
37 |
2,769.6 |
2,277.0 |
21.6% |
2,996.2 |
92.4% |
69 |
Bharat Electronics |
Anil Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director |
India |
64 |
943.1 |
997.7 |
-5.5% |
1,220.4 |
77.3% |
82 |
Accenture |
Pierre Nanterme, CEO |
Ireland |
83 |
758.0 |
725.0 |
4.6% |
25,500.0 |
3% |
38 |
Elbit Systems |
Joseph Ackerman, President and CEO |
Israel |
33 |
2,676.6 |
2,536.6 |
5.5% |
2,817.5 |
95% |
41 |
Israel Aerospace Industries |
Itzhak Nissan, President and CEO |
Israel |
36 |
2,508.0 |
2,380.0 |
5.4% |
3,436.0 |
73% |
48 |
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems |
Yedidia Yaari, President and CEO |
Israel |
46 |
1,979.0 |
1,844.8 |
7.3% |
1,979.0 |
100% |
100 |
Israel Military Industries |
Avi Felder, President and CEO |
Israel |
98 |
485.9 |
508.6 |
-4.5% |
485.9 |
100% |
8 |
Finmeccanica |
Giuseppe Orsi, CEO |
Italy |
8 |
14,584.6 |
14,442.9 |
1% |
24,106.8 |
60.5% |
64 |
Fincantieri |
Giuseppe Bono, CEO |
Italy |
67 |
1,085.9 |
943.0 |
15.2% |
3,315.7 |
32.8% |
23 |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
Hideaki Omiya, President and CEO |
Japan |
26 |
3,610.0 |
3,039.4 |
18.8% |
35,261.3 |
10.2% |
40 |
Kawasaki Heavy Industries |
Satoshi Hasegawa, President |
Japan |
60 |
2,623.8 |
1,042.7 |
151.6% |
16,297.2 |
16.1% |
54 |
Mitsubishi Electric |
Kenichiro Yamanishi, President and CEO |
Japan |
57 |
1,441.3 |
1,187.7 |
21.3% |
45,492.5 |
3.2% |
55 |
NEC |
Nobuhiro Endo, President (Representative Director) |
Japan |
63 |
1,438.8 |
1,008.8 |
42.6% |
37,960.0 |
3.8% |
92 |
Fujitsu |
Masami Yamamoto, President |
Japan |
99 |
661.3 |
503.8 |
31.3% |
55,843.8 |
1.2% |
93 |
Toshiba |
Norio Sasaki, Director, President and CEO |
Japan |
NR |
630.0 |
209.0 |
201.5% |
76,253.8 |
0.8% |
7 |
EADS |
Louis Gallois, CEO |
Netherlands |
7 |
16,092.9 |
16,286.7 |
-1.2% |
68,386.2 |
23.5% |
53 |
Kongsberg |
Walter Qvam, CEO |
Norway |
50 |
1,444.3 |
1,499.8 |
-3.7% |
2,704.1 |
53.4% |
95 |
Nammo |
Edgar Fossheim, CEO |
Norway |
95 |
565.7 |
570.9 |
-0.9% |
565.7 |
100% |
25 |
Almaz-Antei |
Vladislav Menshikov, director |
Russia |
21 |
3,552.0 |
3,940.5 |
-9.8% |
4,188.7 |
84.8% |
39 |
Russian Helicopters |
Dmitry Petrov, Director |
Russia |
44 |
2,644.3 |
1,905.4 |
38.8% |
3,416.4 |
77.4% |
42 |
Aviation Holding Co. Sukhoi |
Mikhail Pogosyan, Director |
Russia |
52 |
2,479.5 |
1,404.2 |
76.6% |
2,610.0 |
95% |
58 |
Irkut |
Alexei Fyodorov, President |
Russia |
53 |
1,286.2 |
1,400.0 |
-8% |
1,626.0 |
79.1% |
59 |
United Enginebuilding |
Andrei Reus, Director |
Russia |
55 |
1,245.9 |
1,243.7 |
0.2% |
3,116.7 |
40% |
87 |
RTI |
Sergei Boev, Director |
Russia |
100 |
718.1 |
449.0 |
59.9% |
2,093.0 |
34.3% |
90 |
RSK MiG |
Sergei Korotkov, Director |
Russia |
NR |
700 |
300.0 |
133.3% |
700.0 |
100% |
49 |
ST Engineering |
Tan Pheng Hock, President and CEO |
Singapore |
48 |
1,955.2 |
1,800.9 |
8.6% |
4,768.7 |
41% |
63 |
Samsung Techwin |
Cheol Kyo Kim, CEO |
South Korea |
61 |
1,092.0 |
1,032.0 |
5.8% |
2,684.5 |
40.7% |
72 |
Korea Aerospace Industries |
Kim Hong Kyung, President and CEO |
South Korea |
NR |
898.2 |
854.3 |
5.1% |
1,169.9 |
76.8% |
79 |
LIG Nex1 |
Hyo Koo-Lee, CEO |
South Korea |
73 |
823.5 |
811.0 |
1.5% |
823.5 |
100% |
89 |
Indra |
Javier Monzón, Chairman |
Spain |
77 |
709.7 |
788.4 |
-10% |
3,742.4 |
19% |
27 |
Saab |
Håkan Buskhe, CEO |
Sweden |
28 |
3,258.9 |
3,100.0 |
5.1% |
3,626.7 |
89.9% |
77 |
Ruag |
Konrad Peter, Executive Chairman |
Switzerland |
74 |
844.7 |
810.2 |
4.3% |
2,012.0 |
42% |
76 |
Aselsan |
Cengiz Ergeneman, General Manager |
Turkey |
80 |
848.4 |
762.2 |
11.3% |
899.6 |
94.3% |
83 |
Turkish Aerospace Industries |
Muharrem Dörtkasli, President |
Turkey |
NR |
737.8 |
445.0 |
65.8% |
848.7 |
86.9% |
3 |
BAE Systems |
Ian King, CEO |
U.K. |
2 |
29,130.2 |
33,109.5 |
-12% |
30,723,.0 |
94.8% |
32 |
Babcock International |
Peter Rogers, CEO |
U.K. |
41 |
2,856.1 |
2,087.1 |
36.8% |
4,924.3 |
58% |
50 |
Serco |
Christopher Hyman, CEO |
U.K. |
49 |
1,900.0 |
1,669.5 |
13.8% |
7,285.6 |
26.1% |
51 |
Cobham |
Andy Stevens, CEO |
U.K. |
42 |
1,894.4 |
1,998.7 |
-5.2% |
2,974.5 |
63.7% |
52 |
QinetiQ |
Leo Quinn, CEO |
U.K. |
43 |
1,579.3 |
1,921.3 |
-17.8% |
2,357.2 |
67% |
56 |
GKN |
Marcus Bryson, CEO |
U.K. |
58 |
1,371.4 |
1,054.2 |
30.1% |
2,375.5 |
57.7% |
62 |
Chemring |
David Price, CEO |
U.K. |
69 |
1,156.0 |
901.1 |
24.4% |
1,191.8 |
97% |
67 |
Ultra Electronics |
Rakesh Sharma, CEO |
U.K. |
71 |
961.5 |
878.0 |
9.5% |
1,172.5 |
82% |
70 |
Meggitt |
Terry Twigger, CEO |
U.K. |
76 |
938.8 |
789.0 |
19% |
2,334.3 |
40.2% |
16 |
Rolls-Royce |
John Rishton, CEO |
U.K. |
18 |
4,691.5 |
4,483.3 |
4.6% |
17,432.0 |
26.9% |
1 |
Lockheed Martin |
Robert Stevens, Chairman and CEO |
U.S. |
1 |
43,978.0 |
42,800.0 |
2.8% |
46,499.0 |
94.6% |
2 |
Boeing |
W. James McNerney, Chairman, President and CEO |
U.S. |
4 |
30,700.0 |
30,858.0 |
-0.5% |
68,735.0 |
44.7% |
4 |
General Dynamics |
Jay Johnson, Chairman and CEO |
U.S. |
5 |
25,506.0 |
26,622.0 |
-4.2% |
32,677.0 |
78.1% |
5 |
Raytheon |
William Swanson, Chairman and CEO |
U.S. |
6 |
23,055.6 |
23,420.2 |
-1.6% |
24,791.0 |
93% |
6 |
Northrop Grumman |
Wes Bush, Chairman, President and CEO |
U.S. |
3 |
21,400.0 |
31,181.0 |
-31.4% |
26,400.0 |
81.1% |
9 |
L-3 Communications |
Michael Strianese, Chairman, President and CEO |
U.S. |
9 |
12,521.0 |
13,074.0 |
-4.2% |
15,169.0 |
82.5% |
10 |
United Technologies |
Louis Chênevert, President and CEO |
U.S. |
10 |
11,000.0 |
11,600.0 |
-5.2% |
55,800.0 |
19.7% |
12 |
SAIC5 |
John Jumper, President and CEO |
U.S. |
12 |
8,577.0 |
8,677.0 |
-1.2% |
10,657.0 |
80.5% |
13 |
Huntington Ingalls |
Michael Petters, President and CEO |
U.S. |
NR |
6,575.0 |
NA |
NA |
6,575.0 |
100% |
14 |
Honeywell |
David Cote, Chairman and CEO |
U.S. |
15 |
5,300.0 |
5,400.0 |
-1.9% |
36,500.0 |
14.5% |
15 |
Booz Allen Hamilton |
Ralph Shrader, Chairman, President and CEO |
U.S. |
16 |
4,860.0 |
4,662.0 |
4.2% |
5,900.0 |
82.4% |
17 |
CSC8 |
Michael Laphen, Chairman, President and CEO |
U.S. |
17 |
4,498.0 |
4,502.0 |
-0.1% |
16,042.0 |
28% |
18 |
Oshkosh |
Charles Szews, President and CEO |
U.S. |
13 |
4,365.2 |
7,161.7 |
-39% |
7,584.7 |
57.6% |
19 |
Textron |
Scott Donnelly, Chairman and CEO |
U.S. |
20 |
4,171.0 |
3,999.5 |
4.3% |
11,275.0 |
37% |
20 |
GE |
Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO |
U.S. |
19 |
4,100.0 |
4,100.0 |
0% |
147,300.0 |
2.8% |
21 |
ITT Exelis |
David Melcher, President and CEO |
U.S. |
NR |
4,087.3 |
NA |
NA |
5,839.0 |
70% |
24 |
URS |
Martin Koffel, CEO |
U.S. |
22 |
3,595.6 |
3,736.1 |
-3.8% |
9,545.0 |
37.7% |
29 |
Harris |
William Brown, President and CEO |
U.S. |
32 |
2,984.7 |
2,622.3 |
13.8% |
5,924.6 |
50.4% |
31 |
CACI International |
Paul Cofoni, President and CEO |
U.S. |
35 |
2,858.7 |
2,450.5 |
16.7% |
3,577.8 |
79.9% |
33 |
Rockwell Collins |
Clay Jones, Chairman, President and CEO |
U.S. |
27 |
2,813.0 |
2,900.0 |
-3% |
4,806.0 |
58.5% |
34 |
DynCorp |
Steven Gaffney, Chairman and CEO |
U.S. |
31 |
2,776.1 |
2,623.8 |
5.8% |
3,721.5 |
74.6% |
35 |
Mantech |
George Pederson, Chairman and CEO |
U.S. |
34 |
2,772.4 |
2,494.7 |
11.1% |
2,870.0 |
96.6% |
37 |
Fluor |
David Seaton, Chairman and CEO |
U.S. |
45 |
2,735.5 |
1,884.2 |
45.2% |
23,381.4 |
11.7% |
43 |
Goodrich |
Marshall Larsen, Chairman, President and CEO |
U.S. |
38 |
2,424.0 |
2,201.0 |
10.1% |
8,075.0 |
30% |
44 |
Bechtel |
David Walker, President |
U.S. |
39 |
2,400.0 |
2,200.0 |
9.1% |
32,900.0 |
7.3% |
45 |
Hewlett-Packard |
Léo Apotheker, President and CEO |
U.S. |
65 |
2,235.9 |
971.9 |
130.1% |
127,200.0 |
1.8% |
46 |
General Atomics |
J. Neal Blue, Chairman and CEO |
U.S. |
47 |
2,034.7 |
1,819.6 |
11.8% |
NA |
NA |
47 |
Navistar |
Daniel Ustian, Chairman, Preisdent and CEO |
U.S. |
40 |
2,000.0 |
2,151.0 |
-7% |
13,958.0 |
14.3% |
65 |
Jacobs Engineering |
Craig Martin, President and CEO |
U.S. |
59 |
1,036.3 |
1,053.1 |
-1.6% |
10,381.7 |
10% |
66 |
AAR |
David Storch, Chairman and CEO |
U.S. |
68 |
962.0 |
942.4 |
2.1% |
1,989.5 |
48.4% |
73 |
Cubic |
Walter Zable, Chairman, President and CEO |
U.S. |
75 |
869.0 |
805.1 |
7.9% |
1,285.0 |
67.6% |
75 |
Moog |
John Scannell, CEO |
U.S. |
NR |
855.0 |
837.0 |
2.2% |
2,331.0 |
36.7% |
78 |
Wyle |
George Melton, Chairman, CEO and President |
U.S. |
96 |
829.0 |
563.5 |
47.1% |
1,148.5 |
72.2% |
80 |
Curtiss-Wright |
Martin Benante, Chairman and CEO |
U.S. |
78 |
819.9 |
784.0 |
4.6% |
2,017.6 |
40.6% |
84 |
Alion Science and Technology |
Bahman Atefi, Chairman and CEO |
U.S. |
79 |
726.1 |
771.8 |
-5.9% |
787.3 |
92.2% |
85 |
Battelle |
Jeffrey Wadsworth, President and CEO |
U.S. |
81 |
718.9 |
753.2 |
-4.6% |
6,300.0 |
11.4% |
88 |
FLIR |
Earl Lewis, Chairman and CEO |
U.S. |
84 |
712.3 |
706.0 |
0.9% |
1,544.1 |
46.1% |
91 |
Teledyne Technologies |
Robert Mehrabian, Chairman, President and CEO |
U.S. |
82 |
694.4 |
727.4 |
-4.5% |
1,941.9 |
35.8% |
94 |
SRA International |
William Ballhaus, President and CEO |
U.S. |
88 |
567.0 |
661.0 |
-14.2% |
1,705.0 |
33.3% |
96 |
SRC |
Paul Tremont, President |
U.S. |
85 |
556.3 |
691.0 |
-19.5% |
572.1 |
97.2% |
97 |
ARINC |
John Belcher, Chairman and CEO |
U.S. |
92 |
495.1 |
649.8 |
-23.8% |
931.4 |
53.2% |
98 |
Ball Aerospace & Technologies |
David Taylor, President and CEO |
U.S. |
NR |
491.2 |
416.6 |
17.9% |
784.0 |
62.7% |
99 |
Day & Zimmermann |
Harold Yoh, Chairman and CEO |
U.S. |
93 |
489.6 |
647.7 |
-24.4% |
2,728.2 |
17.9% |
28 |
ATK |
Mark DeYoung, President and CEO |
U.S. |
29 |
3,250.0 |
2,730.0 |
19% |
4,618.4 |
70.4% |
86 |
Mission Essential |
Marc Peltier, President |
U.S. |
NR |
718.2 |
622.7 |
15.3% |
725.5 |
99% |