World's 10 biggest defence companies

1. 10. United Technologies Corporation
   

   Total sales 2011 (US$m): 58,190

   Total profit 2011 (US$m): 5,347
   (Source: SIPRI)
   Image: United Technologies Website

2. 9. L3 Communications
   Total sales 2011 (US$m): 15,169
   Total profit 2011 (US$m): 956
   (Source: SIPRI)
   Image: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images

3. 8. Finmeccanica
   Total sales 2011 (US$m): 24,074
   Total profit 2011 (US$m): -3, 206
   (Source: SIPRI)
   Image: REUTERS/Max Rossi

4. 7. EADS
   Total sales 2011 (US$m): 68,295
   Total profit 2011 (US$m): 1,442
   (Source: SIPRI)
   Image: AFP PHOTO / GUENTER SCHIFFMANN

5. 6. Northrop Grumman
   Total sales 2011 (US$m): 26,412
   Total profit 2011 (US$m): 2,118
   (Source: SIPRI)
   AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards

6. 5. Raytheon
   Total sales 2011 (US$m): 24,857
   Total profit 2011 (US$m): 1,896
   (Source: SIPRI)
   Image: AFP PHOTO/US NAVY HO

7. 4. General Dynamics
   Total sales 2011 (US$m): 32,677
   Total profit 2011 (US$m): 2,526
   (Source: SIPRI)
   Image: AFP PHOTO ERIC PIERMONT

8. 3. BAE Systems
   Total sales 2011 (US$m): 30,689
   Total profit 2011 (US$m): 2,349
   (Source: SIPRI)
   Image: AFP PHOTO / LINDSEY PARNABY

9. 2. Boeing
   

   Total sales 2011 (US$m): 68,735

   Total profit 2011 (US$m): 4,018
   

   1. Lockheed Martin
   

   Total sales 2011 (US$m):46,499

   Total profit 2011 (US$m): 2,655