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The SIPRI Top 100 Arms-producing and Military Services Companies, 2015
December 2016
SIPRI
This Fact Sheet lists the SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing and military services companies for 2015 and describes the trends in international arms sales that are revealed by the new data.
The SIPRI Arms Industry Database was created in 1989. It contains financial and employment data on arms producing companies worldwide. Since 1990, SIPRI has published data on the arms sales and employment of the 100 largest of these arms-producing companies (the SIPRI Top 100) in the SIPRI Yearbook.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)/EDITORS
Dr Aude Fleurant was a Senior Researcher with the SIPRI Arms and Military Expenditure Programme.
Dr Sam Perlo-Freeman is an Associate Senior Researcher at SIPRI.
Pieter D. Wezeman is a Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme.
Siemon T. Wezeman is a Senior Researcher in the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme.
Noel Kelly is a Senior Operations Coordinator within the Operations Department.