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Top 30 Defense-Oriented Companies
CHEVRON TEXACO
A global enterprise highly competitive across all energy sectors, this newly formed company develops vital energy resources around the world.
Web site: www.chevrontexaco.com
Revenues: $92 billion
BOEING CO.
The Boeing Co. is the worldís leading aerospace company as well as a global market leader in missile defense and human space flight. The company also supports and modifies aircraft for the U.S. military.
Web site: www.boeing.com
Revenues: $54 billion
EUROPEAN AERONAUTIC DEFENCE AND SPACE CO. (EADS)
EADS is Europeís largest aerospace company and the second largest worldwide and is active in the civil and military fields, with a concentration in space and defense systems and services.
Web site: www.eads.com
Revenues: $31.3 billion
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP. (UTC)
UTC has a long history of pioneering developments in aerospace, climate control and aviation, and the company continues to promote technological creativity through the exchange of ideas and technologies among its businesses, with more than 150,000 employees in more than 180 countries.
Web site: www.utc.com
Revenues: $28.2 billion
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP.
With headquarters in Maryland, Lockheed Martin Corp. has more than 125,000 employees worldwide and engages in the research, design, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services.
Web site: www.lockheedmartin.com
Revenues: $26.8 billion
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
Honeywellís products touch the lives of most people everyday and its influence expands to more than 90 countries. The company is a diversified technology and manufacturing leader of aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; power generation systems; specialty chemicals; fibers; plastics and advanced materials.
Web site: www.honeywell.com
Revenues: $22.2 billion
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS (EDS)
Electronic Data Systems is a global information technology service company founded in 1962 that offers services in more than 60 countries and receives 45 percent of its revenues from outside the United States.
Web site: www.eds.com
Revenues: $21.7 billion
AIRBUS
Airbus is the worldís second largest commercial aircraft maker, behind Boeing, but it consistently captures around half of all orders for airliners with more than 100 seats. Their product line-up covers a full spectrum of 12 aircraft models from a 100-seat single-aisle to the largest civil airliner ever, the double-deck A380.
Web site: www.airbus.com
Revenues: $20.3 billion
JOHNSON CONTROLS INC. (JCI)
Johnson Controls has established itself as a market leader in automotive systems, facility management and control. With headquarters in Milwaukee, this company is a major global supplier of integrated seating, interior systems and batteries, as well as services to increase comfort, energy and security.
Web site: www.jci.com
Revenues: $20.1 billion
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP.
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global defense enterprise providing technologically advanced, innovative products, services and solutions in defense electronics, systems integration, information technology, advanced aircraft, shipbuilding and space technology. With approximately 120,000 employees and operations in all 50 states and 25 countries, Northrop Grumman serves U.S. and international military, government and commercial customers.
Web site: www.northropgrumman.com
Revenues: $17.8 billion
RAYTHEON CO.
A company focused on becoming one of the top suppliers of defense and aerospace systems, Raytheonís influence ranges from defense, government and commercial electronics to aviation and special mission aircraft.
Web site: www.raytheon.com
Revenues: $16.9 billion
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP.
Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., General Dynamics holds leading market positions in aviation, mission-critical information systems and technologies, shipbuilding and marine systems, and land and amphibious combat systems.
Web site: www.generaldynamics.com
Revenues: $13.8 billion
BAE SYSTEMS
BAE Systems is Europeís largest defense contractor. The company designs, manufactures and supports military aircraft, surface ships, submarines, space systems, radar, avionics, C4ISR, electronic systems, guided weapons and a range of other defense products.
Web site: www.baesystems.com
Revenue: $12.9 billion
HALLIBURTON CO.
Halliburton is one of the worldís largest providers of products and services to the oil and gas industries with a concentration on the integration of products and services, starting with exploration and development and moving toward production, operations, maintenance, conversion and refining.
Web site: www.halliburton.com
Revenues: $12.5 billion
LAGARDERE SCA
Lagardere is the leading French company for media, automotive, aeronautic, space and defense technology services.
Web site: www.lagardere.com
Revenues: $11.7 billion
GENERAL ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT ENGINES (GEAE)
GEAE is the worldís largest producer of engines for commercial and military planes. A division of General Electric, the company makes jet, turboprop, and turboshaft engines that power aircraft from cargo, executive and passenger jets to bombers and helicopters.
Web site: www.geae.com
Revenue: $11.1 billion
TEXTRON SYSTEMS
Textron Systems provides innovative and advanced technology solutions to meet the needs of the global aerospace and defense industries, supporting military precision engagement and dominant maneuver with strike weapons, mobility and surveillance systems.
Web site: www.systems.textron.com
Revenues: $10.6 billion
ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
The second-largest aircraft engine maker in the world, behind GEAE, Rolls-Royce makes commercial and military gas turbine engines for military, airline and corporate aircraft customers worldwide. In the U.S., the company makes engines for regional and corporate jets, helicopters and turboprop aircraft. Rolls-Royce also constructs and installs power generation systems and is one of world's largest makers of marine propulsion systems.
Web site: www.rolls-royce.com
Revenue: $9.2 billion
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES
Agilent delivers technologies, solutions and services to an assortment of customers in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis, with customers in more than 110 countries.
Web site: www.agilent.com
Revenues: $6 billion
SAIC
As the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) offers a broad range of expertise in technology development and analysis, computer system development and integration, technical support services, and computer hardware and software products.
Revenue: $5.9 billion
Web Site: www.saic.com
ITT INDUSTRIES
ITT Industries prides itself on its engineering and manufacturing, developing products and services in many fields, including electrical connectors and switches; pumps, valves, mixers and other fluid technology products; defense systems and services; and industrial components.
Web site: www.itt.com
Revenues: $4.9 billion
DYNEGY INC.
Dynegy is a ìdynamic forceî in the energy and communications market and owns operating divisions engaged in power generation, natural gas liquids and regulated energy delivery.
Web site: www.dynegy.com
Revenues: $4.9 billion
JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC.
Jacobs is one of the worldís largest and most diverse providers of professional technical services, offering a full spectrum of support to industrial, commercial and government clients across their primary markets, including oil and gas, infrastructure, technology, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, defense and aerospace.
Web site: www.jacobs.com
Revenues: $4.5 billion
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
L-3 Communications is a prominent supplier of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance pro
ducts, and its customers include the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security and selected U.S. government intelligence agencies.
Web site: www.l-3com.com
Revenues: $4 billion
EMCOR GROUP INC.
EMCOR Group provides planning, consulting, mechanical and electrical construction and facilities services throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, the Far East and South Africa.
Web site: www.emcorgroup.com
Revenues: $3.9 billion
ROCKWELL COLLINS INC.
Rockwell Collins is a global company specializing in aviation electronics and communications for government and commercial applications, with more than 400 airline customers and a major share of the worldís military forces.
Web site: www.rockwellcollins.com
Revenues: $3.7 billion
EMBRAER
Embraer, a Brazilian company, is quickly becoming one of the largest aircraft manufacturers with a high growth potential in regional, military and corporate aviation.
Web site: www.embraer.com
Revenues: $2.2 billion
UNITED DEFENSE INDUSTRIES
United Defense is a leader in the design, development and production of combat vehicles, artillery, naval guns, missile launchers and precision munitions used by the Department of Defense and allies worldwide, and is Americaís largest non-nuclear ship repair, modernization, overhaul and conversion company.
Web site: www.uniteddefense.com
Revenues: $1.72 billion
QINETIQ
QinetiQ is a newly formed company from the British governmentís elite defense research and development organization DERA and is establishing itself as a science and technology powerhouse poised to become a leading business solutions provider.
Web site: www.qinetiq.com
Revenues: $931.3 million
MEGGITT PLC
Meggitt designs and manufactures innovative high-integrity systems and components for the aerospace, defense and electronics markets worldwide. Aircraft primary flight displays, unmanned air vehicles, aircraft fire detection systems and automobile climate control systems are some of its leading market products.
Web site: www.meggitt.com
Revenues: $631.3 million
All revenues are for 2003.
Sources: 2003 Fortune 500 list at www.fortune.com, www.hoovers.com and http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/top10/1.html.
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