The global arms trade is a multi-billion dollar industry. According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the sales of weapons and military services by the world’s largest 100 arms-producing and military services companies (“SIPRI Top 100”) totaled $370.70 billion in 2015.
Of the SIPRI Top 100, more than half of arms sales worldwide come from American companies:
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Source: SIPRI
The Top 10 companies in the SIPRI 100 are shown in the graphic below:
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Top-100-Arms-Producing-Companies-Year 2002-2015 
Source: Daily Infographics
The U.S. firms shown in the above chart are:
- Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT)
- Boeing Co (BA)
- Raytheon Company (RTN)
- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC)
- General Dynamics Corporation (GD)
- United Technologies Corporation (UTX)
- Level 3 Communications, Inc (LVLT)
The European firms shown above are listed below with their tickers on the US OTC market:
- BAE Systems PLC (BAESY)
Italy-based Leonardo Finmeccanica SpA trades on the Milan Exchange under the ticker LDO.
Download: The Complete List of SIPRI Top 100 Companies from 2002-2015 (in Excel format)
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