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Leading defence companies by revenue
This month our new defence industry key list brings you the 20 largest defence companies by revenue as ranked by GlobalData's Aerospace, Defense & Security Intelligence Centre. All numbers as of November 2019.
| Company name | Annual revenue ($million) | Headquarters location | Number of employees |
| The Boeing Co | 101,127 | US | 153,000 |
| Airbus SE | 75,179 | Netherlands | 135,468 |
| United Technologies Corp | 66,501 | US | 240,000 |
| Lockheed Martin Corp | 53,762 | US | 105,000 |
| Hanwha Corp | 44,659 | South Korea | 5,393 |
| Honeywell International Inc | 41,802 | US | 114,000 |
| Fujitsu Ltd | 36,982 | Japan | 132,138 |
| General Dynamics Corp | 36,193 | US | 105,600 |
| Northrop Grumman Corp | 30,095 | US | 85,000 |
| Raytheon Co | 27,058 | US | 67,000 |
| Safran SA | 24,811 | France | 83,769 |
| BAE Systems Plc | 22,431 | UK | 85,800 |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc | 20,975 | UK | 54,500 |
| Thales SA | 18,709 | France | 66,352 |
| L3 Harris Technologies Inc | 16,000 | US | 50,000 |
| Leonardo SpA | 14,444 | Italy | 46,000 |
| Textron Inc | 13,972 | US | 35,000 |
| Ball Corporation | 11,635 | US | 17,500 |
| Leidos Holdings Inc | 10,194 | US | 32,000 |
| Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc | 8,176 | US | 40,000 |
| Company name | Annual revenue ($million) | Headquarters location | Number of employees |
| The Boeing Co | 101,127 | US | 153,000 |
| Airbus SE | 75,179 | Netherlands | 135,468 |
| United Technologies Corp | 66,501 | US | 240,000 |
| Lockheed Martin Corp | 53,762 | US | 105,000 |
| Hanwha Corp | 44,659 | South Korea | 5,393 |
| Honeywell International Inc | 41,802 | US | 114,000 |
| Fujitsu Ltd | 36,982 | Japan | 132,138 |
| General Dynamics Corp | 36,193 | US | 105,600 |
| Northrop Grumman Corp | 30,095 | US | 85,000 |
| Raytheon Co | 27,058 | US | 67,000 |
| Safran SA | 24,811 | France | 83,769 |
| BAE Systems Plc | 22,431 | UK | 85,800 |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc | 20,975 | UK | 54,500 |
| Thales SA | 18,709 | France | 66,352 |
| L3 Harris Technologies Inc | 16,000 | US | 50,000 |
| Leonardo SpA | 14,444 | Italy | 46,000 |
| Textron Inc | 13,972 | US | 35,000 |
| Ball Corporation | 11,635 | US | 17,500 |
| Leidos Holdings Inc | 10,194 | US | 32,000 |
| Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc | 8,176 | US | 40,000 |
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