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| Last Year’s Rank | Company | Leadership | Country | ||
| 1 | Lockheed Martin 1 | James D. Taiclet, President and CEO * | U.S. | ||
| 2 | Boeing | David Calhoun, President and CEO * | U.S. | ||
| 6 | General Dynamics 2 | Phebe Novakovic, Chairman and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 3 | Northrop Grumman | Kathy J. Warden, Chairman, CEO and President | U.S. | ||
| 4 | Raytheon Company 1 3 | Thomas Kennedy, Chairman and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 5 | Aviation Industry Corporation of China | Tan Ruisong, Chairman of the Board, and Luo Ronghuai, President | China | ||
| 7 | BAE Systems 1 | Charles Woodburn, Group CEO | U.K. | ||
| 8 | China North Industries Group Corporation Limited | Jiao Kaihe, Chairman, and Liu Dashan, President | China | ||
| NEW | L3Harris Technologies 4 | Bill Brown, Chairman and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 17 | United Technologies Corp. 1 3 | Gregory J. Hayes, Chairman and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 10 | China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation | Yuan Jie, Chairman and Secretary of the Party Committee, and Liu Shiquan, General Manager and President * | China | ||
| 9 | Airbus 5 | Guillaume Faury, CEO | Netherlands/France | ||
| 13 | Leonardo | Alessandro Profumo, CEO | Italy | ||
| 14 | China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation 6 | Lei Fanpei, Chairman, and Yang Jincheng, Director and General Manager * | China | ||
| 12 | China Electronics Technology Group | Chen Zhaoxiong, Chairman of the Board, and Wu Manqing, President * | China | ||
| 16 | Thales | Patrice Caine, Chairman and CEO | France | ||
| 15 | Almaz-Antey | Yan Novikov, CEO | Russia | ||
| 11 | China South Industries Group Corporation | Xu Xianping, Chairman of the Group and Secretary of the Party Committee, and Gong Yangde, Group Company Director and General Manager * | China | ||
| 20 | Huntington Ingalls Industries | Mike Petters, President and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 19 | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Wu Yansheng, Chairman of the Board, Xu Qiang, President, and Fang Xiangming, Executive Director * | China | ||
| NEW | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 7 | Seiji Izumisawa, President and CEO | Japan | ||
| 38 | Dassault 8 | Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO | France | ||
| 21 | Leidos | Roger Krone, Chairman and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 22 | China State Shipbuilding Corporation 6 | Lei Fanpei, Chairman, and Yang Jincheng, Director and General Manager | China | ||
| 25 | Honeywell | Darius Adamczyk, Chairman and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 23 | Booz Allen Hamilton | Horacio D. Rozanski, President and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 24 | Rolls-Royce | Warren East, CEO | U.K. | ||
| 56 | Safran 9 | Philippe Petitcolin, CEO | France | ||
| 29 | GE Aviation | David Joyce, GE Vice Chairman; President and CEO of GE Aviation | U.S. | ||
| 28 | Naval Group | Pietre-Eric Pommelet, CEO * | France | ||
| 35 | Elbit Systems Ltd. | Bezhalel Machlis, President and CEO | Israel | ||
| 27 | Hanwha 10 | Seung Youn Kim, Chairman | South Korea | ||
| 30 | Rheinmetall AG | Armin Papperger, CEO | Germany | ||
| 37 | CACI International Inc. | John Mengucci, President and CEO * | U.S. | ||
| 32 | Tactical Missiles Corporation JSC | Boris Obnosov, Director General | Russia | ||
| 42 | SAIC | Nazzic Keene, CEO | U.S. | ||
| 40 | Perspecta Inc. | Mac Curtis, President and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 34 | Textron Inc. | Scott C. Donnelly, Chairman and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 39 | Babcock International | Archie Bethel, Chief Executive | U.K. | ||
| 36 | Saab AB | Micael Johansson, President and CEO * | Sweden | ||
| 44 | Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. | Nimrod Sheffer, President and CEO | Israel | ||
| 47 | KBR | Stuart Bradie, President and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 45 | KNDS 11 | Frank Haun, Co-CEO, and Stephane Mayer, Co-CEO | Netherlands | ||
| 46 | Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. | Yoav Har-Even, President and CEO | Israel | ||
| 43 | Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. | Rajagopalan Madhavan, Chairman and Managing Director | India | ||
| NEW | Amentum 12 | John Vollmer, CEO | U.S. | ||
| 31 | Bechtel | Brendan Bechtel, Chairman and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 52 | Aselsan A.S. | Haluk Görgün, Chairman, President and CEO | Turkey | ||
| 41 | Jacobs 13 | Steve Demetriou, Chair of the Board and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 50 | Oshkosh Defense | John Bryant, Executive Vice President, Oshkosh Corporation; President, Oshkosh Defense | U.S. | ||
| 49 | Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. | Eileen Drake, CEO and President | U.S. | ||
| 62 | TransDigm 1 | Kevin Stein, President, CEO and Director | U.S. | ||
| 69 | Turkish Aerospace Industries 14 | Temel Kotil, President and CEO | Turkey | ||
| 57 | Cobham 15 | Shonnel Malani, Chairman * | U.K. | ||
| 54 | Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. | Ahn Hyun-ho, President and CEO * | South Korea | ||
| 51 | DynCorp International | George Krivo, CEO | U.S. | ||
| 48 | ST Engineering 16 | Vincent Chong, President and CEO | Singapore | ||
| 55 | Fincantieri S.p.A. | Giuseppe Bono, CEO | Italy | ||
| 58 | Sierra Nevada Corp. | Eren Ozmen, Chairwoman, President and Owner, and Fatih Ozmen, CEO and Owner | U.S. | ||
| 64 | Serco | Rupert Soames, CEO | U.K. | ||
| 66 | Bharat Electronics Ltd. | M V Gowtama, Chairman and Managing Director | India | ||
| 60 | Melrose Industries 17 | Simon Peckham, Chief Executive | U.K. | ||
| 65 | Vectrus | Chuck Prow, President and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 68 | Austal | David Singleton, CEO | Australia | ||
| 67 | QinetiQ Plc | Steve Wadey, CEO | U.K. | ||
| 75 | Ball Corporation | John A. Hayes, Chairman, President and CEO * | U.S. | ||
| 63 | Hensoldt | Thomas Mueller, CEO | Germany | ||
| 61 | LIG Nex1 | Kim Ji Chan, President and CEO | South Korea | ||
| 74 | Viasat 18 | Mark Dankberg, Chairman of the Board and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 71 | PAE | John Heller, President and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 76 | Moog Inc. | John R. Scannell, CEO | U.S. | ||
| 73 | Curtiss-Wright Corporation | David C. Adams, Chairman and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 72 | Meggitt | Tony Wood, CEO | U.K. | ||
| 70 | CAE | Marc Parent, President and CEO | Canada | ||
| 78 | Ultra Electronics | Simon Pryce, CEO | U.K. | ||
| 77 | Ruag 1 19 | Urs Kiener, CEO ad int. and Chief Financial Officer * | Switzerland | ||
| 80 | Kongsberg 20 | Geir Haoy, President and CEO | Norway | ||
| 79 | Day & Zimmermann | Hal Yoh, Chair and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 84 | Embraer | Francisco Gomes Neto, President and CEO | Brazil | ||
| 82 | Teledyne Technologies | Robert Mehrabian, Executive Chairman, and Aldo Pichelli, President and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 90 | AAR Corp. | John M. Holmes, President and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 87 | Cubic Corporation | Bradley H. Feldmann, Chairman, President and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 81 | Indra | Fernando Abril-Martorell, Chairman and CEO, and Ignacio Mataix, Executive Director, Indra; Senior Vice President, Transport & Defense business | Spain | ||
| NEW | Peraton | Stu Shea, Chairman, President and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 92 | Mercury Systems | Mark Aslett, President and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 86 | Diehl Group | Karl Tragl, CEO | Germany | ||
| 94 | Battelle | Lewis Von Thaer, President and CEO | U.S. | ||
| 83 | John Cockerill Defense | Thierry Renaudin, President | Belgium | ||
| 85 | BMC Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. | Bulent Denkdemir, CEO | Turkey | ||
| 88 | Patria 1 21 | Esa Rautalinko, President and CEO | Finland | ||
| 89 | Roketsan A.S | Selcuk Yasar, President and CEO | Turkey | ||
| 85 | STM Savunma Teknolojileri Muhendislik ve Ticaret A.S. | Murat Ikinci, General Manager | Turkey | ||
| NEW | DLT Solutions | Chris Wilkinson, President | U.S. | ||
| 91 | Nammo 1 22 | Morten Brandtzaeg, President and CEO | Norway | ||
| 93 | Hyundai Rotem Company 23 | Yong-Bae Lee, CEO * | South Korea | ||
| 96 | Chemring | Michael Ord, Group Chief Executive | U.K. | ||
| NEW | Allegheny Technologies Inc. | Robert S. Wetherbee, President and CEO | U.S. | ||
| NEW | FNSS Savunma Sistemleri A.S. | Nail Kurt, General Manager and CEO | Turkey | ||
| NEW | Havelsan A.S. | Ahmet Hamdi Atalay, General Manager and CEO | Turkey | ||
| 97 | Telephonics Corporation | Kevin McSweeney, President | U.S. | ||