The AK-47 has been produced in greater numbers than any other assault rifle and has been used in conflicts all over the world. The arms industry is a massive global industry and business which manufacturers and sells weapons and military technology and equipment. Defense companies produce arms mainly for the armed forces of States. Products include guns, ammunition, missiles, military aircraft, military vehicles, ships, electronic Systems, and more. The arms industry also conducts significant research and development Image File history File links Rifle_AK47_Olive_Drab. ...
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It is estimated that yearly, over 1 trillion dollars are spent on military expenditures and arms worldwide. [1] In 2004 over $30 billion were spent in the international arms trade (a figure that excludes domestic sales of arms)[2] (Many industrialized countries have a domestic arms industry to supply their own military forces. Some countries also have a substantial legal or illegal domestic trade in weapons for use by its citizens. The illegal trade in small arms is prevalent in many countries and regions affected by political instability. Sometimes legally purchased weaponry is re-sold for illegal purposes. Small arms captured in Fallujah, Iraq by the US Marine Corps in 2004 The term small arms generally describes any number of smaller infantry weapons, such as firearms that an individual soldier can carry. ...
Contracts to supply a given country's military are awarded by the government, making arms contracts of substantial political importance. The link between politics and the arms trade can result in the development of what US President Eisenhower described as a military-industrial complex, where the armed forces, commerce, and politics become closely linked. Various corporations, some publicly held, others private, bid for these contracts, which are often worth many billions of dollars. Sometimes, such as the contract for the new Joint Strike Fighter, a competitive tendering process takes place, where the decision is made on the merits of the design submitted by the companies involved. Other times, no bidding or competition takes place. Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890–March 28, 1969), American soldier and politician, was the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, with the rank of General of the Army. ...
President Dwight Eisenhower famously referred to the military-industrial complex in his farewell address. ...
In the Cold War Era, arms exports were used by both the Soviet Union and the United States to influence their standings in other countries, particularly Third World Countries. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, global arms exports initially fell slightly, but have since grown again to cold war levels.[3] Russia is the world's top supplier of weapons, a spot it has held since 2001, accounting for around 30% of worldwide weapons sales, followed by the United States, France, Germany and Britain.[4][5] For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ...
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The Control Arms Campaign, founded by Amnesty International, Oxfam, and the International Action Network on Small Arms, estimates that there are over 600 million items of small arms in circulation, and that over 1135 companies based in more than 98 different countries manufacture small arms as well as their various components and ammunition. According to Oxfam, an estimated 500,000 individuals die in small arms-conflicts every year, approximately one death per minute.[6] Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a pressure group that promotes human rights. ...
Oxfam International logo Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 organizations working together with over 3000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice. ...
The International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) is an international non-governmental organisation recognized by the United Nations. ...
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Aerospace systems Encompassing military aircraft (both land-based and naval aviation), conventional missiles, and military satellites, this is the most technologically advanced sector of the market. It is also the least competitive from an economic standpoint, with a handful of companies dominating the entire market. The top clients and major producers are virtually all located in the West, with the United States easily in first place. Prominent aerospace firms include Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and BAE Systems. There are also several multinational consortiums mostly involved in the manufacturing of fighter jets, such as the Eurofighter. The largest military contract in history, signed in October 2001, involved the development of the Joint Strike Fighter. [7] Naval aviation of the United States. ...
A military satellite is an artificial satellite used for a military purpose, often for gathering intelligence, as a communications satellite for military purposes, or as a military weapon. ...
Lockheed/BAE/Northrop F-35 Lockheed Trident missile C-130 Hercules; in production since the 1950s, now as the C-130J Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is an aerospace manufacturer formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. ...
The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661 ) is a major aerospace and defense corporation, originally founded by William Boeing. ...
BAE Systems plc is the worlds third largest defence contractor,[3] the largest in Europe and a commercial aerospace manufacturer. ...
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine multi-role canard-delta fighter aircraft, very similar to the US-German Rockwell-MBB X-31 prototype and designed and built by a consortium of European nations formed in 1983. ...
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is a fighter plane currently in early development by Lockheed Martin (with partners Northrop Grumman and BAE SYSTEMS.) The primary customers are the United States armed forces and the United Kingdom (RN and RAF), but the Netherlands...
Naval systems All of the world's major powers maintain substantial maritime forces to provide a forward presence and enhance overall mobility, with the largest nations possessing aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines and advanced anti-air defense systems. The vast majority of military ships are conventionally powered, but some are nuclear-powered. The U.S. Navy is by far the largest in the world, and most of the large contracts in this sector are awarded to American firms, such as Newport News Shipbuilding (a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman) and Bath Iron Works and Electric Boat (subsidiaries of General Dynamics). There is also a large global market in second-hand naval vessels, generally purchased by developing countries from Western governments. [8] This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...
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The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ...
The newly constructed USS Birmingham is launched from the Newport News yards in 1942 Northrop Grumman Newport News, formerly called Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company (NNS), is the largest privately owned shipyard in the United States and the only one that can build Nimitz-class supercarriers. ...
The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of a 1994 merger between Northrop and Grumman. ...
Bath Iron Works from NAS Brunswick photo gallery Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. ...
While most boats on the water today are powered by diesel engines, and sail power and gasoline engines are also popular, it is perfectly feasible to power boats by electricity too. ...
General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD) is a defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures, and as of 2006 it is the sixth largest defense contractor in the world[2]. The company has changed markedly in the post-Cold War era of defense consolidation. ...
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Land-based weapons This category includes everything from light arms to heavy artillery, and the majority of producers are small. Many are located in Third World countries. International trade in handguns, machine guns, tanks, armored personal carriers and other relatively inexpensive weapons is substantial. There is relatively little regulation at the international level, and as a result, many legitimately produced weapons fall into the hands of rebel forces, terrorists, or regimes under sanctions. [9] The AK-47, the most ubiquitous automatic weapon in the world SALW is an acronym, meaning Small Arms, Light Weapons, a term used in arms control protocols to refer to two main classes of weapons: Small arms - hand-held small caliber firearms, usually consisting of handguns, rifles, shotguns, manual, semi...
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A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ...
East German BRDMs on parade during celebrations of the 40th anniversary of East Germany in 1989 Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) are light armoured fighting vehicles for the transport of infantry. ...
World's largest defense budgets This is a list of the fifteen countries with the highest defense budgets for the year 2006. The information is from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, [10] Total World spending amounted to $ 1,158 billion USD in 2006, with nearly half of the total amount spent by the United States. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) was founded in 1966 to commemorate 150 years of unbroken peace in Sweden. ...
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World's largest arms Exporters | Supplier | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 1990-2006 |
 USA | 7417 | 5743 | 5011 | 5601 | 6654 | 7083 | 7929 | 45438 | |
 Russia | 4138 | 5742 | 5655 | 5442 | 6485 | 6449 | 6623 | 40534 | |
 Germany (FRG) | 1621 | 825 | 899 | 1881 | 1001 | 1533 | 3850 | 11610 | |
 France | 1027 | 1199 | 1312 | 1282 | 2687 | 2050 | 1557 | 11114 | |
 UK | 1356 | 1116 | 742 | 680 | 1083 | 912 | 1063 | 6952 | |
 Netherlands | 259 | 184 | 243 | 343 | 271 | 877 | 1481 | 3658 | |
 Sweden | 306 | 849 | 127 | 468 | 306 | 587 | 472 | 3115 | |
 Italy | 192 | 224 | 407 | 321 | 216 | 787 | 860 | 3007 | |
 China | 228 | 498 | 544 | 553 | 271 | 223 | 564 | 2881 | |
 Ukraine | 280 | 649 | 210 | 456 | 427 | 308 | 133 | 2463 | |
 Israel | 321 | 298 | 365 | 309 | 533 | 244 | 258 | 2328 | |
 Canada | 83 | 129 | 182 | 279 | 305 | 193 | 227 | 1398 | |
 Spain | 46 | 7 | 120 | 158 | 73 | 116 | 803 | 1323 | |
 Switzerland | 104 | 120 | 109 | 139 | 201 | 166 | 144 | 983 | |
 Belarus | 261 | 299 | 54 | 80 | 50 | 24 | | 768 | |
 Uzbekistan | | | 73 | 340 | 170 | 4 | | 587 | |
 Poland | 43 | 70 | 36 | 70 | 65 | 103 | 169 | 556 | |
 South Korea | 8 | 165 | | 114 | 20 | 39 | 89 | 435 | |
 Belgium | 22 | 36 | 34 | 15 | 47 | 185 | 50 | 389 | |
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List of major weapon manufacturers - For a complete list, see: List of modern armament manufacturers
The following list of modern armament manufacturers presents major companies producing modern weapons and munitions. ...
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Glock is an Austrian weapons manufacturer (named after the founder Gaston Glock) founded in 1963 in Deutsch-Wagram, near Vienna, Austria. ...
The Austrian firm Steyr-Mannlicher is a firearms manufacturer based in the city of Steyr. ...
Tenix Pty Ltd is the parent company of the Tenix Group, Australia’s largest locally-owned defence and technology contractor. ...
A defence contractor based in Perth, Australia. ...
The ASC, fomerly Australian Submarine Corporation, is a wholly government-owned Australian naval defence company headquartered at Osborne in Adelaide, South Australia. ...
Company logo Cypriot National Guard with a FN P90 at a parade in Larnaca Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, more often abbreviated as Fabrique Nationale or simply FN, is a Belgian manufacturer of firearms. ...
Taurus-PT24/7 (polymer-frame) Taurus Tracker PT111 9mm Forjas Taurus S/A (Taurus Forge) is a manufacturing conglomerate based in Porto Alegre, Brazil. ...
Colt Canada is a firearms manufacturer located in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. ...
The China North Industries Corporation (Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; literally North Industries), official English name Norinco, manufactures vehicles (trucks, cars and motorcycles), machinery, optical-electronic products, oil field equipment, chemicals, light industrial products, explosives and blast materials, civil and military firearms and ammunition, etc. ...
The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. (EADS) is a large European aerospace corporation, formed by the merger on July 10, 2000 of Aérospatiale-Matra of France, Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) of Spain, and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) of Germany. ...
Dassault-Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet of the UK defence technology organisation QinetiQ Dassault Aviation is a French aircraft manufacturer of military, regional and business jets. ...
Direction des Constructions Navales (DCN) is based in France and is one of Europes leading shipbuilders. ...
The Thales Group (Euronext: HO) is a major French electronics company delivering mission-critical information systems and services for the Aerospace, Defence, and Security markets. ...
GIAT Industries (formerly known as Groupement des Industries de lArmée de Terre, Armys Industries Group) is a French government-owned weapon manufacturer. ...
Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen is a German arms manufacturer. ...
The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. (EADS) is a large European aerospace corporation, formed by the merger on July 10, 2000 of Aérospatiale-Matra of France, Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) of Spain, and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) of Germany. ...
Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K) (pronounced [1]) is a German weapons manufacturing company famous for various series of small firearms, notably the MP5 submachine gun, the MP7 personal defense weapon, USP series of handguns, high-precision PSG1 sniper rifle, and the G3 and G36 assault rifles. ...
Krauss-Maffei is an injection molding machine manufacturer based in Germany. ...
Rheinmetall AG is a German automotive and defense company with factories in Düsseldorf, Kassel and Unterlüß. It has a long tradition of making guns and artillery pieces. ...
Mauser is the common name of a German arms manufacturer, maker of a line of bolt-action rifles from the 1870s to present. ...
Mauser is the common name of German arms manufacturer Mauser-Werke Oberndorf Waffensysteme GmbH, as well as the line of bolt action rifles they built for the German armed forces. ...
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is Indias premier research organisation for defence related matters. ...
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is a major aerospace company under the Ministry of Defence headquartered in Bangalore, India. ...
Israel Aircraft Industries or IAI is Israels prime aerospace and aviation manufacturer, producing aerial systems for both military and civilian usage. ...
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RAFAEL logo RAFAEL Armament Development Authority, known as RAFAEL or Rafael, (also spelled as Raphael or Rephael, and in Hebrew: רפ×ל - רשות לפיתוח ×מצעי לחימה) is the Israeli authority for development of weapons and military technology. ...
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AgustaWestland is a helicopter design and manufacturing company based in Italy and the United Kingdom. ...
Benelli is an Italian firearm manufacturer most well known for high quality shotguns used by military, law enforcement and civilians all over the world. ...
A Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace Penguin anti-ship cruise missile. ...
Nammo short for Nordic Ammunition Group is a Norwegian military industry manuacturer of ammunition. ...
IZH (ИЖ) is a weapons manufacturer in Izhevsk, Russia that makes the well known AK-47 Kalashnikov but also have a civilian production of automobiles and motorcycles. ...
Sukhoi (pronounced [suk-oi]) (Сухой) is a major Russian military fighter aircraft manufacturer. ...
Mikoyan, formerly Mikoyan-Gurevich (Russian: ), is a Russian military aircraft design bureau, primarily for fighter aircraft. ...
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Evolution of the land systems division of BAE Systems, 1970s to Land & Armaments formation BAE Systems Bofors is a Swedish subsidiary of BAE Systems Land and Armaments. ...
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SIGARMS is the US representative of Swiss manufacturing firm Swiss Arms AG, which was split off of Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) in 2000. ...
The PC-12 is Pilatus most successful aircraft to date. ...
MOWAG is a Swiss company which develops, designs and produces armoured vehicles for military applications in both land-only and amphibious configurations. ...
The Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi Kurumu (The Machinery and Chemical Industry Institution, or MKEK) was a reorganization in 1950 of a Turkish government-controlled group of factories that supplied the Turkish Army with supplies, munitions, and equipment. ...
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ASELSAN was founded by the Turkish Armed Forces Foundation at the end of 1975 to produce tactical military radios and defense electronic systems for the Turkish Army. ...
BAE Systems plc is the worlds third largest defence contractor,[3] the largest in Europe and a commercial aerospace manufacturer. ...
Cobham plc is a British manufacturing company based in Wimborne. ...
MBDA is a European arms company which manufactures missiles and is the result of the 2001 merger of Aérospatiale-Matra Missiles (of EADS), Alenia Marconi Systems missile divisions and Matra BAe Dynamics. ...
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AAI Corporation (Aircraft Armaments Incorporated) is an aerospace and defense manufacturing firm in Hunt Valley, Maryland. ...
BAE Systems Inc. ...
The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661 ) is a major aerospace and defense corporation, originally founded by William Boeing. ...
The Carlyle Group is a Washington, D.C. based global private equity investment firm with more than $71. ...
Colts Manufacturing Company (CMC--formerly Colts Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company) is a United States firearms manufacturer founded in 1847. ...
General Atomics is a nuclear physics and defense contractor in southern California. ...
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General Electric Aircraft Engines (GEAE) is the top supplier of aircraft engines in the world and offers engines for the majority of commercial aircraft. ...
General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD) is a defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures, and as of 2006 it is the sixth largest defense contractor in the world[2]. The company has changed markedly in the post-Cold War era of defense consolidation. ...
Honeywell Heating Specialties Company Stock Certificate dated 1924 signed by Mark C. Honeywell - courtesy of Scripophily. ...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. ...
The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of a 1994 merger between Northrop and Grumman. ...
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is a major United States military contractor based in Waltham, Massachusetts. ...
United Defense Industries was a United States defense contractor which is now part of BAE Systems Land and Armaments. ...
BAE Systems Land & Armaments was created on June 24, 2005, following the completion of BAE Systems acquisition of United Defense and its merger with BAE Systems Land Systems. ...
United Technologies Corporation (UTC) (NYSE: UTX) is a major multinational corporation based in Hartford, Connecticut. ...
Pratt & Whitney is an American owned aircraft engine manufacturer whose products are widely used in both civil and military aircraft. ...
Sikorsky is an American aircraft and helicopter manufacturer. ...
Institutes participating in weapon research and warfare simulation TNO building in Delft Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek or TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) is a not-for-profit organisation in The Netherlands that focuses on applied science. ...
BBN Technologies (originally Bolt Beranek and Newman) is a high technology company that provides research and development services. ...
QinetiQ (LSE: QQ.) (pronounced kÄ-nÄ•tÄk, as in kinetic energy) is a British defence technology company, formed from the greater part of the former government agency DERA when it was split up in June 2001 (with the smaller part becoming Dstl). ...
The World Security Institute (WSI) is an American think tank committed to independent research and journalism on global affairs. ...
See also The international movement to limit the availability of small arms in conflict zones Various international organizations (including Oxfam GB, Amnesty International and the United Nations) and domestic groups (eg the Small Arms Working Group in the US) have committed themselves to limiting the trade in, and proliferation of small arms...
The European Union arms embargo on China is an embargo which was imposed by the European Union (EU) member states on the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) in response to its suppression of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. ...
The following is a list of nations and organizations that currently produce modern weapons around the world. ...
L. Paul Bremer flanked by private military contractors Private military contractors or private military companies (PMCs) are companies that provide logistics, manpower, and other expenditures for a military force. ...
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) is a UK-based organisation which campaigns for an end to the international arms trade. ...
Canadian Arms Sales are governed by the countrys Export and Imports Permits Act. ...
Military expenditure by country using CIA World Factbook figures Military spending as a percentage of GDP using CIA World Factbook figures This is a list of countries by military expenditures using the latest information available. ...
The permanent arms economy is a Marxist theory which seeks to explain the sustained economic growth which occurred in the decades following World War II, especially amongst developed countries. ...
The military funding of science has had a powerful transformative effect on the practice and products of scientific research since the early 20th century. ...
Military Keynesianism is a government economic policy in which the government devotes large amounts of spending to the military in an effort to increase economic growth. ...
The peace dividend is a political slogan popularized by US President George H.W. Bush and UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the early 1990s, purporting to describe the economic benefit of a decrease in defense spending. ...
In economics, the guns versus butter model is the classic example of the production possibility frontier. ...
RSAF Tornado IDS Al Yamamah (The Dove) is the name of a series of massive arms sales by the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia, which have been paid for by the delivery of up to 600,000 barrels of oil per day to the UK government. ...
Arms control is an umbrella term for restrictions upon the development, production, stockpiling, proliferation, and usage of weapons, especially weapons of mass destruction. ...
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- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1661277.htm
- ^ http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=2d383264-f486-4305-9336-d6178d88f3b2&k=70609
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