{"id":14703,"date":"2018-12-19T11:02:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T16:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=14703"},"modified":"2026-01-28T18:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:50:19","slug":"global-arms-industry-us-companies-dominate-the-top-100-russian-arms-industry-moves-to-second-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=14703","title":{"rendered":"Global arms industry: US companies dominate the Top 100; Russian arms industry moves to second place"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DISARMAMENT & SECURITY .<\/p>\n

A press release by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute<\/a><\/p>\n

Sales of arms and military services by the world\u2019s largest arms-producing and military services companies\u2014the SIPRI Top 100\u2014totalled $398.2 billion in 2017, according to new international arms industry data released today [December 10] by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).<\/p>\n

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The total for the SIPRI Top 100 in 2017 is 2.5 per cent higher than in 2016 and represents an increase of 44 per cent since 2002 (the first year for which comparable data is available; figures exclude China). This is the third consecutive year of growth in Top 100 arms sales.
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\nUS companies increase their share of total Top 100 arms sales\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

With 42 companies listed in 2017, companies based in the United States continued to dominate the Top 100 in 2017. Taken together, the arms sales of US companies grew by 2.0\u00a0per cent in 2017, to\u00a0$226.6\u00a0billion, which accounted for 57 per cent of total Top\u00a0100 arms sales. Five US companies were listed in the top\u00a010 in 2017. \u2018US companies directly benefit from the US Department of Defense\u2019s ongoing demand for weapons,\u2019 says Aude Fleurant, Director of SIPRI\u2019s Arms and Military Expenditure Programme.<\/p>\n

Lockheed Martin remained the world\u2019s largest arms producer in 2017, with arms sales of $44.9\u00a0billion. \u2018The gap between Lockheed Martin and Boeing\u2014the two largest arms producers in the world\u2014increased from $11\u00a0billion in 2016 to $18 billion in 2017,\u2019 says Fleurant.
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\nRussia becomes the second largest arms producer in the Top 100<\/strong><\/p>\n

The combined arms sales of Russian companies accounted for 9.5\u00a0per cent of the Top\u00a0100 total, making Russia the second largest arms producer in the Top 100 in 2017\u2014a position that had been occupied by the United Kingdom since 2002. Taken together, the arms sales of the 10\u00a0Russian companies listed in the Top 100 increased by 8.5 per\u00a0cent in 2017, to $37.7\u00a0billion. \u2018Russian companies have experienced significant growth in their arms sales since 2011,\u2019 says Siemon Wezeman, Senior Researcher with SIPRI\u2019s Arms and Military Expenditure Programme. \u2018This is in line with Russia\u2019s increased spending on arms procurement to modernize its armed forces.\u2019<\/p>\n

In 2017 a Russian company appeared in the top\u00a010 for the first time since SIPRI started publishing its annual Top 100 list. \u2018Almaz-Antey, which was already Russia\u2019s largest arms-producing company, increased its arms sales by 17 per cent in 2017, to $8.6 billion,\u2019 says Alexandra Kuimova, Research Assistant with SIPRI\u2019s Arms and Military Expenditure Programme.<\/p>\n

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In 2017 a Russian company appeared in the top\u00a010 for the first time since SIPRI started publishing its annual Top 100 list. \u2018Almaz-Antey, which was already Russia\u2019s largest arms-producing company, increased its arms sales by 17 per cent in 2017, to $8.6 billion,\u2019 says Alexandra Kuimova, Research Assistant with SIPRI\u2019s Arms and Military Expenditure Programme.<\/p>\n

Along with Almaz-Antey, three other Russian companies in the Top 100 increased their arms sales by more than 15\u00a0per cent: United Engine Corporation (25\u00a0per cent), High Precision Systems (22\u00a0per cent) and Tactical Missiles Corporation (19\u00a0per cent).
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\nThe UK remains the largest arms producer in Western Europe
\nThe combined arms sales of the 24 companies in Western Europe listed in the Top\u00a0100 increased by 3.8 per cent in 2017, to $94.9 billion, which accounted for 23.8 per cent of the Top\u00a0100 total. The UK remained the largest arms producer in the region in 2017, with total arms sales of $35.7 billion and seven companies listed in the Top\u00a0100. \u2018The combined arms sales of British companies were 2.3\u00a0per cent higher than in 2016,\u2019 says Fleurant. \u2018This was largely due to increases in the arms sales of BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce and GKN.\u2019<\/p>\n

BAE Systems, which is ranked fourth in the Top 100, is the UK\u2019s biggest arms producer. Its arms sales rose by 3.3\u00a0per cent in 2017, to $22.9\u00a0billion.
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\nOther notable developments<\/strong><\/p>\n

* The arms sales of Turkish companies rose by 24 per cent in 2017. \u2018This significant increase reflects Turkey\u2019s ambitions to develop its arms industry to fulfil its growing demand for weapons and become less dependent on foreign suppliers,\u2019 says Pieter Wezeman, Senior Researcher with SIPRI\u2019s Arms and Military Expenditure Programme.<\/p>\n

* Taken together, the arms sales of the four Indian companies ranked in the Top\u00a0100 totalled $7.5\u00a0billion in 2017, representing a 1.9 per cent share of Top\u00a0100 arms sales.<\/p>\n

* Sales of the top\u00a015 manufacturing companies listed in the Fortune Global 500 totalled $2311 billion in 2017. This is almost 10\u00a0times greater than the total arms sales of the top\u00a015 arms producers ($231.6\u00a0billion) in 2017, and almost six times greater than the total combined arms sales of the Top\u00a0100 ($398.2\u00a0billion).
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\nThe SIPRI Arms Industry Database<\/strong><\/p>\n

The SIPRI Arms Industry Database was created in 1989. At that time it excluded data for companies in countries in Eastern Europe, including the Soviet Union. However, the current version contains data from 2002, including data for companies in Russia. Chinese companies are not included in the database due to the lack of available data on which to make a reasonable or consistent estimate of arms sales dating back to 2002.<\/p>\n

\u2018Arms sales\u2019 are defined as sales of military goods and services to military customers domestically and abroad.\u00a0Unless otherwise specified, all changes are expressed in real terms. All changes between 2016 and 2017 are based on the list of companies ranked in 2017 (i.e. the annual comparison is between the same set of companies).<\/p>\n

The SIPRI Arms Industry Database, which presents a more detailed data set for the years 2002\u201317,\u00a0is available on the SIPRI website<\/a>.
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\nThis is the first\u00a0of three\u00a0major data launches in the lead-up to the publication of the 2019 edition of the\u00a0SIPRI Yearbook. In the first half of 2019, SIPRI will release\u00a0its\u00a0international arms transfers data\u00a0(details of all international transfers of major weapons in 2018) as well as its\u00a0world military expenditure data\u00a0(comprehensive information on global, regional and national trends in military spending). All data will feature in\u00a0SIPRI Yearbook 2019,\u00a0SIPRI\u2019s flagship publication, which will be published in mid-2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DISARMAMENT & SECURITY . A press release by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Sales of arms and military services by the world\u2019s largest arms-producing and military services companies\u2014the SIPRI Top 100\u2014totalled $398.2 billion in 2017, according to new international arms industry data released today [December 10] by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). … Continue reading Global arms industry: US companies dominate the Top 100; Russian arms industry moves to second place<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,76],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-14703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disarmament","category-global","tag-global"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38310,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14703\/revisions\/38310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}