"Top 100 Defense News": 6 companies from Russia became the largest arms manufacturers

As reported tass, the american online edition of defense news has published the next rating of 100 largest arms manufacturers (compiled in 2000), which presents 6 Russian companies. The rating included sais "Almaz-antey" (11th place with revenues of $7,412 billion a year earlier, the company was also 11th with revenues of $6,965 billion), united aircraft corporation (14th place with revenues of $5,636 billion in the previous year the corporation was 16th with revenues of $4,643 billion), the corporation "Tactical missiles" (32nd place with revenues of $2,866 billion, last year the corporation was 37th with revenues of $2,387 billion), "Uralvagonzavod" (45th place with revenues of $1,584 billion, a year earlier, the company was 60th with revenues of $1,014 billion), concern "Radio-electronic technology" (50th place with revenues of $1,365 billion, a year earlier, the company was 48th with revenues of $1,678 billion) and rti (86 with revenues of $565,9 million, last year the group of companies was 83rd with revenues of $660,1 million). Compared to the previous rating was eliminated holding "Helicopters of russia". The top three made up of lockheed martin with revenues of $43,468 billion ($40,596 billion a year earlier), boeing ($29,500 billion in 2016, 30,388 a year earlier), bae systems ($23,621 billion in 2016, $25,278 billion in 2015). Most lost their positions as the Japanese company ihi corporation, which fell 78% from $563,2 million in 2015 to $315,9 million in 2016, and kawasaki heavy industries, which decreased by 49% from $1,740 billion to $884,6 million maximum revenue growth demonstrated the Japanese company komatsu ltd. , indicators which rose by 187% from $308,4 million in 2015 to $884,6 million in 2016, and the company kbr of the us, which grew by 186% from $535 million in 2015 to $1,532 billion in 2016. The distribution of seats in the "Top 100 defense news" is made, depending on revenue from military products. - explained in a press-service of "Almaz-antey". Despite the presence of active and severe competition on the world market of military products related to the item a number of of the concern in recent years has been steadily occupied a leading position in this segment. Leading positions across a number of developed high-tech products in the field of air defense/missile defense/asd, systems reconnaissance and air space control and air traffic management maintains the group and on the market of the Russian Federation. - said general director of the concern jan novikov. As earlier it was reported, the export volume of military products "Almaz-antey" has increased 2. 5 times in 2016, despite international sanctions against the group. In his words, "This indicator became record for all time of existence of the holding".