European Military Contractors
| 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 | 72 | 68 | 316 | 316 | 100% |
| Aselsan Elecktronik Sanayii A.S. | Turkey | DE | NR | 80 | 180 | 212 | 85% |
| BAE SYSTEMS | U.K. | A,AR,C,DE,IT,MU,M,NV,O,PS,SP,SI | 3 | 4 | 13,248 | 18,399 | 72% |
| Chemring Group plc | U.K. | A,DE | NR | 91 | 86 | 127 | 68% |
| Cobham plc | U.K. | A,C,DE,H | 70 | 56 | 413 | 883 | 47% |
| Dassault Aviation S.A. | France | A,MU,SI | 33 | 32 | 991 | 3,415 | 29% |
| Diehl Stiftung & Co. | Germany | AR,DE,MU,M,O | 54 | 45 | 651 | 1,886 | 35% |
| Direction des Constructions Navales | France | C,DE,MU,NV,SI | 19 | 23 | 1,238 | 1,728 | 72% |
| EADS | France | A,M,SP,PS,DE,NV,E,H,C,MU | 6 | 7 | 4,560 | 22,799 | 20% |
| Ericsson | Sweden | SP,DE,C | 36 | 75 | 256 | 25,624 | 1% |
| Finmeccanica | Italy | A,M,NV,DE,AR,AV,E,H,C,O,MU | 28 | 26 | 1,178 | 5,355 | 22% |
| GIAT Industries | France | AV,AR,O,MU | 37 | 54 | 450 | 474 | 95% |
| GKN Group | U.K. | AV,H | 17 | 20 | 1,415 | 7,203 | 20% |
| Hava Elektronik Sanayii | Turkey | DE | NR | 96 | 42 | 52 | 81% |
| Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft AG (HDW) | Germany | NV | NR | NR | -- | -- | -- |
| Hunting Defence Ltd. | U.K. | M,SP,PS,DE,O,MU | 38 | 53 | 476 | 1,716 | 28% |
| Indra Systemas S.A. | Spain | C,DE,IT,MU,SP,SI, | 84 | 76 | 253 | 663 | 38% |
| Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG | Germany | AV,AR,MU,SI | 47 | 42 | 701 | 701 | 100% |
| Oerlikon Contraves AG | Switzerland | O | 76 | 30 | 1,026 | 1,026 | 100% |
| QinetiQ8 (privatized arm of DERA) | U.K. | NA | NR | 34 | 920 | 1,132 | 81% |
| Rheinmetall Group | Germany | AV,AR,C,DE,MU,O,PS,SI | 25 | 38 | 795 | 2,249 | 35% |
| Rolls-Royce plc | U.K. | AV,E | 18 | 15 | 2,179 | 9,108 | 24% |
| Ruag Suisse | Switzerland | A,AV,AR,C,DE,H,MU,M,O,SP,SI | 52 | 47 | 608 | 608 | 100% |
| Saab AB | Sweden | A,M,SP,DE,MU | 22 | 28 | 1,119 | 1,671 | 67% |
| SAGEM S.A. | France | C,DE,IT,MU,SI | 44 | 37 | 875 | 4,182 | 21% |
| Smiths Industries pl | U.K. | DE,MU | 35 | 17 | 1,698 | 4,415 | 38% |
| SNECMA Group | France | A,M,NV,E,MU | 42 | 39 | 781 | 4,880 | 16% |
| Thales | France | AR,C,DE,IT,MU,M,NV,O,PS,SI | 8 | 8 | 4,262 | 7,411 | 58% |
| Tusas Aerospace Industries Inc. | Turkey | A | NR | 97 | 32 | 47 | 68% |
| Vosper Thornycroft Holdings plc | U.K. | MU,NV,SI | 87 | 57 | 413 | 557 | 74% |
| Key: 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 2001 Defense News Top 100 | |||||||
