Arms vendors turn to cyber security

Last updated 12:10 19/02/2013

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Sales by the 100 largest arms producing companies, excluding Chinese companies, fell by 5 per cent to US$410 billion in 2011, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in its annual review of the industry.





SIPRI also said US-based Lockheed Martin remained the biggest arms vendor in 2011, with arms sales of US$36.27 billion, while Boeing overtook Britain's BAE Systems as the second largest weapons merchant.


1. Lockheed Martin, US, US$36.27 billion (1).

2. Boeing, US, US$31.83 billion (3).


4. General Dynamics, US, $23.76 billion (5).

5. Raytheon, US, US$22.47 billion (6).

6. Northrop Grumman, US, US$21.39 billion (4).

7. EADS, Trans-European, US$16.39 billion (7).

8. Finmeccanica, Italy, US$14.56 billion (8).

9. L-3 Communications, US, US$12.52 billion (9).

10. United Technologies, US, $11.64 billion (10).

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- AP


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