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Europe: Top military equipment OEMs
Western European companies’ arms sales decreased by 7.4 percent in 2014. Only German (+9.4 percent) and Swiss (+11.2 percent) companies show overall growth in their arms sales in real terms.
After looking at the biggest arms and military equipment manufacturers in the world last week, we have - or rather SIPRI did - now ranked out the European players. Please note that we included both Russian and Turkish companies here.
EDITOR'S NOTE_ *Companies are ranked according to the value of their arms sales in 2014. An S denotes a subsidiary company. A dash (–) indicates that the company did not rank among the SIPRI Top 100 for 2013. Company names and structures are listed as they were on 31 Dec. 2014.
| Rank* | Company | Country |
| 3 (3) | BAE Systems | UK |
| 7 (7) | Airbus Group | Trans-European |
| 9 (9) | Finmeccanica | Italy |
| 11 (12) | Almaz-Antey | Russia |
| 12 (10) | Thales | France |
| 14 (15) | United Aircraft Corp. | Russia |
| 15 (17) | United Shipbuilding Corp. | Russia |
| 16 (14) | Rolls-Royce | UK |
| 17 (16) | SAFRAN | France |
| 20 (19) | DCNS | France |
| 23 (26) | Russian Helicopters | Russia |
| 24 (–) | United Instrument Manufacturing Corp. | Russia |
| 25 (27) | Babcock International Group | UK |
| S (S) | AgustaWestland (Finmeccanica) | Italy |
| S (S) | MBDA (BAE Systems UK/EADS W. Eur. Finmeccanica Italy) | Trans-European |
| 31 (32) | Rheinmetall | Germany |
| 34 (46) | Tactical Missiles Corp. | Russia |
| 37 (31) | Saab | Sweden |
| 38 (36) | United Engine Corp. | Russia |
| 39 (–) | High Precision Systems | Russia |
| 42 (59) | ThyssenKrupp | Germany |
| 44 (45) | CEA | France |
| S (S) | Sukhoi (United Aircraft Corp.) | Russia |
| 45 (54) | KRET | Russia |
| 49 (39) | Serco | UK |
| S (S) | Selex ES SpA (Finmeccanica) | Italy |
| S (S) | Alenia Aermacchi (Finmeccanica) | Italy |
| 53 (56) | Cobham | UK |
| 61 (80) | Uralvagonzavod | Russia |
| 62 (60) | Fincantieri | Italy |
| 64 (75) | Nexter | France |
| 65 (53) | Dassault Aviation Group | France |
| S (85) | Sozvezdie (UIMC) | Russia |
| 67 (–) | Polish Armaments Group | Poland |
| S (S) | Irkut (UAC) | Russia |
| S (S) | UMPO (United Engine Corp.) | Russia |
| 72 (64) | QinetiQ | UK |
| 73 (66) | ASELSAN | Turkey |
| S (S) | Sevmash (USC) | Russia |
| S (S) | MiG (United Aircraft Corp.) | Russia |
| S (S) | Zvezdochka (USC) | Russia |
| 80 (104) | Pilatus Aircraft | Switzerland |
| S (S) | Thales UK (Thales France) | UK |
| 83 (73) | Krauss-Maffei Wegmann | Germany |
| 85 (68) | Kongsberg Gruppen | Norway |
| S (S) | Admiralty Shipyards (USC) | Russia |
| 87 (76) | Meggitt | UK |
| 89 (103) | Turkish Aerospace Industries | Turkey |
| 90 (58) | UkrOboronProm | Ukraine |
| 91 (101) | RTI | Russia |
| 92 (91) | RUAG | Switzerland |
| 93 (93) | CNH Industrial | Trans-European |
| 96 (74) | Patria Industries | Finland |