Wednesday, August 15, 2012

One hundred companies in the world, earning millions in war


The publication Defense News ranking was the biggest companies earn on military orders.
100 компаний, которым война только на руку
100 companies that war is only the hand
In the top 100 hottest companies in the world who earn their military contracts - about half of the United States. These data are published edition of the Military Defense News.
According to the publication, the year brought the military production of "hundreds" of almost 0.5 trillion dollars.
The first rank went to Lockheed Martin. Last year the company earned from the U.S. Military Equipment 44 billion dollars.
According to the publication Forbes, Lockheed Martin manufactures the entire range of products that may be required under the conditions of modern warfare: from ground vehicles and tactical communications to multi-role fighters, ballistic missiles and space satellites.
One of the most ambitious projects of Lockheed Martin in recent years - the creation of the fighter-bomber, a fifth-generation F-35 (pictured) for the Air Force and Navy, NATO. The first production aircraft flew in February 2011. The project F-35 took $ 56 billion, the cost per aircraft ranges from $ 80 million to $ 100 million
Second place went to the company Boeing (U.S.), BAE Systems and the third from the UK.
Note that in the top ten are seven companies from the United States.

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