Special lists

List Of Largest Weapon Manufacturers

Views: 7 | Updated On: | By Anish Jangir

Here is the list of the world's largest arms exporters.

The arms industry, also known as the arms trade, is a global industry that manufactures and sells weapons and military technology. It comprises a commercial industry involved in the research and development, engineering, production, and servicing of military materials, equipment, and facilities.

This is a list of the world's largest arms manufacturers and other military service companies that benefited most from the war economy, with their origins also shown. This information is based on the list for 2020 published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The list numbers provided by SIPRI are in billions of US dollars.

Check out the full list below.

List of the world's largest arms exporters

Rank Company name Defense Revenue
(US$ billions)
% of Total Revenue
from Defense
1 Lockheed Martin 53.2 89%
2 Boeing 33.5 44%
3 Northrop Grumman 29.2 86%
4 Raytheon Technologies 25.3 87%
5 General Dynamics 24.5 62%
6 Aviation Industry Corporation of China 22.4 34%
7 BAE Systems 22.2 95%
8 China Electronics Technology Group 15.0 46%
9 Norinco 14.5 22%
10 L3Harris Technologies 13.9 77%
11 United Technologies (since April 2020 Raytheon Technologies) 13.1 17%
12 Leonardo S.p.A. 11.1 72%
13 Airbus 11.0 14%
14 Thales Group 9.4 46%
15 Almaz-Antey 9.4 98%


Stay Tuned...



ListLargestWeaponManufacturing

Leave a Comment