Nine of Russia's defense industry producers entered the Top 100 largest companies by sales volume manufacturers of arms in 2008, which published on July 27 weekly Defense Week. In 2008, Russia's defense companies revenues grew, but most of them lost their positions on the world market because they do not keep up its growth - largely due to lack of orders from the Defense Ministry.
According to the magazine, the market leaders of defense products for the year 2008 became an American corporation Lockheed Martin ($ 39,5 billion), Britain's BAE Systems ($ 32,7 billion), as well as aircraft building concern Boeing ($ 31,1 billion) . However, compared with last year, BAE Systems managed to circumvent its American rival.
highest 16 th place went Concern Almaz-Antey (4.3 billion dollars), which is Russia's leading producer of anti-aircraft missile systems, receiving not only significant domestic and export orders. At the 40-th place was the company Dry ($ 2 billion), has received large orders for the supply of Su-30 fighters to India, Algeria and Venezuela.
At 80-meters (and the third - among Russia's business) site was Uralvagonzavod (646 million dollars). About 60 percent of annual revenue past resulted from the civil engineering, although the ranking Defense Week, it was not considered. Note that this plant is known as a manufacturer of tanks. In particular - the T-90.
addition to individual companies, the rating also recorded the results of Russia's major corporations and holding companies. In particular, the 55 th and 56 th places respectively corporations were Tactical Missiles (1.152 billion dollars) and Irkut (1.149 billion dollars). On the 64 th edition of the set holding company Helicopters of Russia (845 million dollars). Russia close the segment ranking manufacturer of aircraft engines UMPO (89 th place, 541 million dollars) and Concern Radio Engineering and Information Systems (99-th place, 396 million dollars).
noted expert at the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, Konstantin Makiyenko, all Russia's arms manufacturers in 2008 showed revenue growth, but none of them besides the Almaz-Antey, a ranking Defense Week, compared to the year 2007 could not rise . In his view, the fact that Russia's companies are losing their places in the ranking in increasing revenue, says that the orders of their situation is bad, but still Russia's enterprises are not kept pace with the growth of the market.
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