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      FACT SHEET

      Prepared by the Center for Defense Information
      Ph: (202) 332-0600/Fax: (202) 462-4559

      Christopher Hellman, Senior Analyst

      March 9, 2000

      Top 15 U.S. Defense Contractors of FY'99


      Company, (FY'98 ranking)
      Headquarters      		 DoD Contract Value for FY'99 in $ millions (% of DoD total contracts) Major
      Weapons      		 Plant
      Locations
      1. Lockheed Martin Corp. (1)
      Bethesda, MD      		 $12,675
      (10.8%)      		 F-16, AH-64 Apache, Trident and Hellfire missiles Fort Worth, TX
      Marietta, GA
      2. Boeing Company, Inc. (2)
      St. Louis, MO      		 $11,568
      (9.8%)      		 F/A-18, F-15, V-22 Osprey, RAH-66 Comanche, C-17 St. Louis, MO
      Long Beach, CA
      3. Raytheon Company, Inc. (3)
      Lexington, MA      		 $6,401
      (5.4%)      		 Patriot, AMRAAM, Hawk Missiles Andover, MA
      Tucson, AZ
      4. General Dynamics (4)
      Falls Church, VA      		 $4,564
      (3.9%)      		 Nuclear Submarines, DDG-51 Destroyer Groton, CT
      Sterling Hgts., MI
      5. Northrop Grumman (5)
      Los Angeles, CA      		 $3,193
      (2.7%)      		 B-2 Bomber, F-15, F/A-18 Pico Rivera, CA
      Bathpage, NY
      6. United Technologies (6)
      Hartford, CT      		 $2,368
      (2.0%)      		 aircraft and helicopter engines, UH-60, C-17 Stratford, CT
      W. Palm Beach, FL
      7. Litton Industries, Inc. (8)
      Beverly Hills, CA      		 $2,097
      (1.8%)      		 DDG-51 destroyers, LHD amphibious assault ship Pascagoula, MS
      Orlando, FL
      8. General Electric (13)
      Fairfield, CT      		 $1,714
      (1.4%)      		 aircraft and helicopter engines Cincinnati, OH
      Lynn, MA
      9. TRW Inc. (10)
      Cleveland, OH      		 $1,431
      (1.2%)      		 Electronic systems and support Redondo Beach, CA
      10. Textron, Inc. (7)
      Providence, RI      		 $1,423
      (1.2%)      		 V-22 Osprey, tank engines, helicopters Fort Worth, TX
      11. Science Applications Int'l (12)
      San Diego, CA      		 $1,358
      (1.2%)      		 Programmic, logistical and technical support McLean, VA
      12. The Carlyle Group (11)
      Washington, D.C.      		 $1,336
      (1.1%)      		 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, Crusader Artillery system Minneapolis, MN
      13. Alliedsignal, Inc. (18)1
      Morristown, NJ      		 $746
      (0.6%)      		 Data transfer systems, engineering services
      14. Computer Sciences Corp. (19)
      		 $744
      (0.6%)
      15. The General Electric Co., PLC
      London      		 $729
      (0.6%)

      Total for the Top 15: $52.3 billion
      Total DoD contracts: $118.1 billion (contracts valued at over $25,000)
      The Top 15 Contractors account for 44% of all DoD Contracts

      NOTES:

      1. Alliedsignal, Inc. announced in June, 1999 plans to merge with Honeywell. The merger was approved by the Justice Department, November, 1999.


      For more information, e-mail Christopher Hellman.

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