Arms industry - Wikipedia
The arms industry, also known as the defense (or defence) industry, military industry, or the arms trade, is a global industry which manufactures and sells weapons and other military technology to a variety of customers, including the armed forces …
What’s next for the armaments industry as the Trump …
Jan 13, 2025 · What’s next for the armaments industry as the Trump administration arrives "I think there's opportunity to improve how fast we can innovate within the National Armaments Consortium," said Ben Harris.
World’s top arms producers see revenues rise on the back of wars …
Dec 2, 2024 · Revenues from sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest companies in the industry reached $632 billion in 2023, a real-terms increase of 4.2 per cent compared with 2022.
Weapons trade booms as profits hit record $531bn in 2020
Dec 6, 2021 · Sales of weapons and military services by the world’s 100 biggest arms companies reached a record $531bn in 2020, an increase of 1.3 per cent in real terms compared with the previous year,...
Defense spending and arms trade - statistics & facts
Jul 4, 2024 · Whether such a framing of international relations is what dictates patterns in military spending or not, global defense spending appeared to plateau between 2009 and 2016, before increasing...
Fiscal Year 2024 U.S. Arms Transfers and Defense Trade
Jan 24, 2025 · Arms transfers and defense trade are important U.S. foreign policy tools with potential long-term implications for regional and global security.
America is the world’s biggest arms exporter. Europe should know
2 days ago · The United States has extended its lead over other nations as the world’s biggest exporter of weapons, with Europe now its main customer. The US accounted for 43% of global weapons exports ...
The SIPRI Top 100 Arms-producing and Military Services …
The combined arms revenues of the world’s largest arms-producing and military services companies (the SIPRI Top 100) increased by 4.2 per cent in 2023 to reach $632 billion. The total arms revenues of the Top 100 grew by 19 per cent between 2015 and 2023.
The total arms sales of the world’s 100 largest arms companies continued to grow in 2021, even though the arms industry as a whole faced supply chain problems throughout the year.
Chart: The World's Largest Arms-Producing Companies - Statista
Dec 5, 2022 · Despite a six percent fall in arms sales for Northrop Grumman, the aerospace and defense technology firm generated $30 billion in 2021, making it the fourth largest in the world by this measure....