Despite the economic downturn it has been business as usual for the world's biggest arms companies who have seen sales of weapons and military services rise during 2010 and exceed $400bn (£250bn).

The report published by The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) ranks the top 100 arms producers and signficantly shows that the entry point for inclusion on the list has risen - from sales of $280m in 2002 to $640m in 2010. Richard Norton Taylor writes:

Though the increase has slowed, just 1% year-on-year in 2010, the rise in sales has been 60% in real terms since 2002, figures released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) showed. The total sales, including military services, of the top 100 arms companies, reached $ 411.1bn (£257.6bn) in 2010, Sipri said.

The top 100 list of arms-producing and military services companies in the world is dominated by North America and Western Europe although Chinese companies are not included in the rankings and data on Russian arms manufacturers is limited due to insufficient data.

Sales from the 44 US-based companies featured accounted for over 60% of all arms sales by the top 100 producers in 2010, with Lockheed Martin topping the list at $35.7bn (£22.4bn) worth of arms sales in 2010. The Many Eyes below shows the top 100 companies by total arms sales.

The highly-concentrated industry is also highlighted by the report, which states that the top 10 arms producing companies account for 56% of the total top 100 arms sales. This amounts to $230bn of the total arms sales.

You can find the full top 100 list along with their 2010 and 2009 rankings in the spreadsheet as well as trends in arms sales of companies in the SIPRI top 100 arms-producing companies for 2002-2010. Arms sales as % of total sales, profit and total employment numbers are also in the spreadsheet to download.

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The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing and military services companies in the world excluding China, 2010 Figures for arms sales, total sales and profit are in US$ m.Click heading to sort table. Download this data Rank, 2010 Rank, 2009 Company Country Arms sales, 2010 Arms sales, 2009 Arms sales as % of total sales, 2010 1 1 Lockheed Martin USA 35,730 33,430 78 2 2 BAE Systems UK 32,880 32,540 95 3 3 Boeing USA 31,360 32,300 49 4 4 Northrop Grumman USA 28,150 27,000 81 5 5 General Dynamics USA 23,940 23,380 74 6 6 Raytheon USA 22,980 23,080 91 S S BAE Systems Inc. (BAE Systems, UK) USA 17,900 19,280 100 7 7 EADS Trans-European 16,360 15,930 27 8 8 Finmeccanica Italy 14,410 13,280 58 9 9 L-3 Communications USA 13,070 13,010 83 10 10 United Technologies USA 11,410 11,110 21 11 11 Thales France 9,950 10,200 57 12 12 SAIC USA 8,230 8,030 74 13 27 Oshkosh Truck USA 7,080 2,770 72 14 13 Computer Sciences Corp. USA 5,940 6,050 37 15 14 Honeywell USA 5,400 5,380 16 16 16 Safran France 4,800 4,740 34 S S Sikorsky (United Technologies) USA 4,530 3,980 68 17 19 Rolls-Royce UK 4,330 4,260 26 18 18 General Electric USA 4,300 4,700 3 S S Pratt & Whitney (United Technologies) USA 4,080 3,940 32 19 17 ITT Corp. USA 4,000 4,730 36 20 22 Almaz-Antei[d] Russia 3,950 3,260 89 S S MBDA (BAE Systems, UK/EADS, trans-European/Finmeccanica, Italy) Trans-European 3,710 3,610 100 21 28 United Aircraft Corp.[d] Russia 3,440 2,710 82 22 21 DCNS France 3,320 3,340 100 23 15 KBR[e] USA 3,310 4,990 33 24 26 URS Corp. USA 3,030 2,770 33 25 24 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries[f] Japan 2,960 2,810 9 S S Eurocopter Group (EADS, trans-European) France 2,940 3,050 46 S S AgustaWestland (Finmeccanica) Italy 2,920 2,800 61 26 23 Alliant Techsystems USA 2,870 2,810 59 27 33 Rockwell Collins USA 2,860 2,580 61 28 31 Saab Sweden 2,780 2,640 82 29 42 Babcock International Group UK 2,770 2,010 62 30 34 Textron USA 2,740 2,570 26 31 32 Rheinmetall Germany 2,660 2,640 50 32 51 Hewlett-Packard USA 2,570 1,580 2 33 47 ManTech International Corp. USA 2,490 1,920 96 34 38 Hindustan Aeronautics India 2,480 2,130 90 35 29 Elbit Systems Israel 2,480 2,700 95 S S EADS Astrium (EADS, trans-European) France 2,450 2,400 37 36 25 Navistar USA 2,410 2,800 20 37 41 Israel Aerospace Industries Israel 2,400 2,030 76 38 30 DynCorp International (Cerberus Capital)[g] USA 2,390 2,650 71 39 40 CACI International USA 2,320 2,080 74 40 36 Cobham UK 2,260 2,260 77 41 44 Goodrich USA 2,230 2,010 11 42 37 CEA France 2,200 2,160 40 S S MBDA France (MBDA, trans-European) France 2,190 1,740 100 43 48 Harris USA 2,130 1,900 41 44 39 Serco UK 2,130 2,110 32 45 45 Navantia Spain 2,010 1,980 96 46 55 Indian Ordnance Factories[h] India 1,960 1,440 80 S S Alenia Aeronautica (Finmeccanica) Italy 1,920 1,810 67 47 73 Vertolety Rossii (OPK Oboronoprom)[d] Russia 1,910 810 71 48 20 AM General[i] USA 1,900 3,720 . . 49 53 ST Engineering (Temasek) Singapore 1,750 1,450 40 50 49 QinetiQ UK 1,730 1,770 69 51 – United Shipbuilding Corp.[d] Russia 1,650 . . 70 52 50 Krauss-Maffei Wegmann[j] Germany 1,590 1,630 94 53 62 Kongsberg Gruppen Norway 1,500 1,090 58 54 53 Rafael Israel 1,470 1,570 98 55 57 Nexter France 1,430 1,230 100 S S BAE Systems Australia (BAE Systems, UK) Australia 1,380 1,090 100 S S Sukhoi (United Aircraft Corp.)[d] Russia 1,360 1,440 93 56 44 ThyssenKrupp Germany 1,340 1,980 2 S S Irkut Corp. (United Aircraft Corp.)[d] Russia 1,330 1,060 86 57 – IHI Group[f] Japan 1,330 280 10 58 36 Agility Kuwait 1,310 2,480 23 59 89 Fluor[k] USA 1,300 710 6 60 59 Samsung South Korea 1,290 1,170 1 61 55 Groupe Dassault France 1,270 1,360 23 62 91 United Engine Corp.[d] Russia 1,250 680 44 S – Sevmash (United Shipbuilding Corp.)[d] Russia 1,240 530 90 63 64 Diehl Germany 1,210 1,070 34 64 46 Mitsubishi Electric[f] Japan 1,160 1,950 3 65 – Triumph Group USA 1,080 480 37 S S Thales Nederland (Thales, France) Netherlands 1,060 880 100 66 60 GKN UK 1,050 1,110 13 S S Samsung Techwin (Samsung) South Korea 1,030 930 46 67 69 Jacobs Engineering Group[l] USA 1,020 880 10 68 59 Kawasaki Heavy Industries[f] Japan 1,020 1,110 7 69 68 TRV Corp.[d] Russia 1,010 910 90 70 77 NEC[f] Japan 980 770 3 71 67 Bharat Electronics India 970 920 80 72 66 Moog USA 960 920 46 73 71 Fincantieri Italy 940 860 25 S S IHI Marine United (IHI Group)[f] Japan 890 . . 41 74 80 Chemring Group UK 890 750 96 75 74 Ultra Electronics UK 880 810 80 76 87 CAE Canada 840 710 53 77 84 RUAG Switzerland 830 730 48 S S Selex Galileo (Finmeccanica) Italy 820 770 91 78 61 Shaw Group[m] USA 810 1,100 12 79 81 LIG Nex1 South Korea 810 750 99 80 70 Precision Castparts Corp. USA 810 880 13 81 86 Cubic Corp. USA 810 710 68 82 75 Meggitt UK 780 810 44 83 – Hawker Beechcraft USA 780 600 28 84 65 Indra Spain 780 940 23 85 79 Curtiss-Wright Corp. USA 780 760 41 86 83 Alion Science and Technology USA 770 740 93 87 95 Aselsan Turkey 760 640 97 S S Selex Communications (Finmeccanica) Italy 750 810 80 88 90 Mitre[n] USA 740 700 57 89 76 Uralvagonzavod[d] Russia 730 800 40 90 78 SRA International USA 700 760 42 91 98 Esterline Technologies USA 690 640 45 92 – MMPP Salyut[d] Russia 690 490 95 S S Thales Australia (Thales, France) Australia 680 630 100 93 72 VSE Corp. USA 680 840 78 94 – Embraer Brazil 670 470 12 95 85 Teledyne Technologies USA 670 720 41 96 93 Patria Finland 660 660 88 97 64 Force Protection USA 660 980 100 98 99 AAR Corp. USA 650 610 48 99 100 GenCorp USA 650 610 77 S S MBDA Italia (MBDA, trans-European) Italy 640 610 100 100 82 MTU Aero Engines Germany 640 740 18 S S Raytheon Australia (Raytheon, USA) Australia 640 490 100

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