Military


European Military Contractors

By the end of the Cold War European defense markets fell into three tiers: France, Germany,and the UK, which were essentially self-sufficient and have technologically advanced firms in most sectors; a second tier (dominated by Italy and Spain and trailed by Belgium, the Netherlands, and Norway) that had considerable indigenous capability and some advanced firms but also depended heavily on collaboration; and Greece,Turkey, Portugal, and Denmark, which mostly relied on imports and licensed production. The development of national champions (monopoly suppliers in individual European countries) and proliferating transnational consolidation have been the two dominant trends in the European defense industry since the 1980s. The small national markets made it impossible to sustain competition in individual countries, but the emergence of national champions was only an interim solution. The problem of the fragmented European market was increasingly solved by transnational (primarily European) corporate consolidation.

Company Country Principal Lines Of Defense Business 1999
Rank
2000
Rank
2000
Defense
Revenue
2000
Total
Revenue
Percent
Revenue
From
Defense
Alvis plc U.K. AV,MU 7268316316100%
Aselsan Elecktronik Sanayii A.S. Turkey DE NR 8018021285%
BAE SYSTEMS U.K. A,AR,C,DE,IT,MU,M,NV,O,PS,SP,SI 3413,24818,39972%
Chemring Group plc U.K.A,DE NR 918612768%
CMN Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie FranceNV
Cobham plc U.K. A,C,DE,H 705641388347%
Damen Schelde Naval ShipbuildingNetherlandsNV
Dassault Aviation S.A. France A,MU,SI 33329913,41529%
Diehl Stiftung & Co. GermanyAR,DE,MU,M,O 54456511,88635%
Direction des Constructions Navales France C,DE,MU,NV,SI 19231,2381,72872%
DornierGermanyA
EADS France A,M,SP,PS,DE,NV,E,H,C,MU 674,56022,79920%
Ericsson SwedenSP,DE,C 367525625,6241%
Finmeccanica ItalyA,M,NV,DE,AR,AV,E,H,C,O,MU 28261,1785,35522%
FinavitecFinlandA
FokkerNetherlandsA
GIAT Industries France AV,AR,O,MU 375445047495%
GKN Group U.K. AV,H 17201,4157,20320%
Hava Elektronik Sanayii Turkey DE NR 96425281%
Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft AG (HDW)GermanyNVNR NR------
Hunting Defence Ltd. U.K. M,SP,PS,DE,O,MU 38534761,71628%
Indra Systemas S.A. Spain C,DE,IT,MU,SP,SI, 847625366338%
KockumsSwedenNV
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG GermanyAV,AR,MU,SI 4742701701100%
Merwede Shipyard B.V.NetherlandsNV
Oerlikon Contraves AG Switzerland O 76301,0261,026100%
QinetiQ8 (privatized arm of DERA) U.K. NA NR 349201,13281%
RDMNetherlandsNV
Rheinmetall Defence (RMD)GermanyAV,AR,C,DE,MU,O,PS,SI 25387952,24935%
Rolls-Royce plc U.K. AV,E 18152,1799,10824%
Ruag Suisse Switzerland A,AV,AR,C,DE,H,MU,M,O,SP,SI 5247608608100%
Saab ABSwedenA,M,SP,DE,MU 22281,1191,67167%
SAGEM S.A. France C,DE,IT,MU,SI 44378754,18221%
Short BrothersU.K.A,M
Smiths Industries pl U.K. DE,MU 35171,6984,41538%
SNECMA GroupFrance A,M,NV,E,MU 42397814,88016%
ThalesFrance AR,C,DE,IT,MU,M,NV,O,PS,SI 884,2627,41158%
Tusas Aerospace Industries Inc. Turkey A NR 97324768%
Vosper Thornycroft Holdings plcU.K. MU,NV,SI 875741355774%
Principal Lines Of Defense Business :
A - aircraft
AR - artillery
AV - armored vehicles
C - communications
CS - computer services
DE - defense electronics
E - engines
H - helicopters
IT - information technology
M - missiles
MU - maintenance and upgrades
NV - naval vessels
O - ordnance
PS - professional services
SI - systems integration
SP - space systems
T - trucks
NA - not available
NR - not ranked
SOURCE Defense News Top 100




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