China is second-biggest arms producer

Newly available data suggests China is now the world’s second- largest arms producer, behind the U.S. and ahead of Russia. China was omitted from previous rankings over its lack of transparency


TOP 20 ARMS-PRODUCING COMPANIES*
(Sales 2017, US$ billions)

Chinese J-20 stealth fighter

Lockheed Martin Corp. (U.S.)		43.9
Boeing (U.S.)				26.9
Northrop Grumman Corp. (U.S.) 		22.4 
Raytheon (U.S.) 			22.0 
BAE Systems (UK) 			21.0 
AVIC (China) 				20.1 
General Dynamics Corp. (U.S.) 		19.5 
NORINCO (China) 			17.2
CETC (China) 				12.2
Airbus Group (Europe) 			10.0 
Thales (France)				9.0 
Leonardo (Italy)			8.8 
Almaz-Antey (Russia)			8.6 
United Technologies (U.S.)		7.8
L3 Technologies (U.S.)			7.8 
Huntington Ingalls Industries (U.S.)	6.5  
United Aircraft Corp. (Russia)		6.5 
United Shipbuilding Corp. (Russia)	5.0  
CSGC (China)				4.6 
Honeywell International (U.S.)		4.5 

*Including selected Chinese companies, 2015-17

†Companies ranked according to arms sales in 2017 


UNITED STATES 
42 companies listed in Top 100†
Arms sales in 2017: $226.6 billion

CHINA
Total estimated sales of four companies investigated
$54.1bn

RUSSIA 
† 10 companies
$37.7bn


Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
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