List of modern armament manufacturers
The following list of modern armament manufacturers presents major companies producing modern weapons and munitions for military, paramilitary, government agency and civilian use. The companies are listed by their full name followed by the short form, or common acronym, if any, in parentheses. The country the company is based in, if the information is available, follows that.
| Company | Country |
|---|---|
| Algeria | |
| Bersa S.A. (Bersa) | Argentina |
| Fabricaciones Militares Sociedad del Estado (Fabricaciones Militares) | Argentina |
| Fábrica Argentina de Aviones S.A. (FAdeA) | Argentina |
| Río Santiago Shipyard | Argentina |
| ASC Pty Ltd (ASC) | Australia |
| Austal Limited | Australia |
| BSC Marine Group | Australia |
| DMS Maritime | Australia |
| Forgacs Marine and Defence (Forgacs) | Australia |
| Metal Storm | Australia |
| NQEA Pty Ltd | Australia |
| Diamond Aircraft Industries | Austria |
| Glock Ges.m.b.H. (Glock) | Austria |
| Rößler Waffen GmbH (also known as Roessler Waffen GmbH) | Austria |
| Steyr Arms GmbH (Steyr) | Austria |
| Ministry of Defence Industry of Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan |
| Ananda Shipyard & Slipways Limited (ASSL or Ananda Shipyard) | Bangladesh |
| Bangladesh Ordnance Factories (BOF) | Bangladesh |
| Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory (BMTF) | Bangladesh |
| Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited (DEW) | Bangladesh |
| Khulna Shipyard Limited (KSY) | Bangladesh |
| Chittagong Dry Dock Limited (CDDL) | Bangladesh |
| Herstal Group | Belgium |
| John Cockerill | Belgium |
| Bolivia | |
| Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro (AMRJ) | Brazil |
| Avibras Indústria Aeroespacial S/A (Avibras) | Brazil |
| Companhia Brasileira de Cartuchos (CBC) | Brazil |
| Embraer S.A. (Embraer) | Brazil |
| Empresa Gerencial de Projetos Navais (EMGEPRON) | Brazil |
| Indústria Naval do Ceará (INACE) | Brazil |
| Indústria de Material Bélico do Brasil (IMBEL) | Brazil |
| SIATT - Engenharia, Indústria e Comércio Ltda. (SIATT) | Brazil |
| Forjas Taurus (Taurus) | Brazil |
| Arsenal Corporation | Bulgaria |
| TEREM | Bulgaria |
| Vazovski Mashinostroitelni Zavodi EAD (VMZ EAD) | Bulgaria |
| ABCO Industries Inc. (ABCO) | Canada |
| A. F. Theriault & Son Ltd. | Canada |
| Bombardier Inc. | Canada |
| Cascade Aerospace | Canada |
| Chantier Davie Canada Inc. | Canada |
| Hike Metal Products | Canada |
| INKAS Armored Vehicle Manufacturing | Canada |
| Irving Shipbuilding Incorporated (ISI) | Canada |
| Magellan Aerospace Corporation (Magellan) | Canada |
| MetalCraft Marine Incorporated (MCM) | Canada |
| Ontario Drive and Gear Ltd. (trading name as ARGO) | Canada |
| Seaspan Marine Corporation | Canada |
| STREIT Group | Canada |
| Viking Air | Canada |
| Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada de Chile (ASMAR) | Chile |
| Empresa Nacional de Aeronáutica de Chile (ENAER) | Chile |
| Fábricas y Maestranzas del Ejército de Chile (FAMAE) | Chile |
| Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) | China |
| China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) | China |
| China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) | China |
| China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) | China |
| China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (Norinco) | China |
| China South Industries Group Corporation (CSGC) | China |
| China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC) | China |
| Poly Technologies | China |
| Weichai Group | China |
| Corporación de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo de la Industria Naval Marítima y Fluvial (COTECMAR) | Colombia |
| Colombia | |
| Indumil | Colombia |
| Colombia | |
| Brodosplit d.d. | Croatia |
| Đuro Đaković Holding | Croatia |
| HS Produkt d.o.o. | Croatia |
| Marina Punat d.o.o. | Croatia |
| Union de Industrias Militares (UIM) | Cuba |
| AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE a.s. (Aero Vodochody) | Czech Republic |
| Česká zbrojovka Group SE (CZ Group) | Czech Republic |
| Czech Republic | |
| Zlin aircraft a.s. | Czech Republic |
| Denmark | |
| Denmark | |
| Terma A/S | Denmark |
| Dirección de la Industria Aeronáutica Ecuador (DIAF) | Ecuador |
| Alexandria Shipyard (ASY or Alexshipyard) | Egypt |
| Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) | Egypt |
| Baltic Workboats AS (BWB) | Estonia |
| Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC) | Ethiopia |
| Lynx Rifled Ltd. | Finland |
| Marine Alutech Oy Ab (trading name as Watercat) | Finland |
| Patria Oyj | Finland |
| Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) | Finland |
| UKI Workboat Ltd | Finland |
| Centigon Security Group | France |
| Constructions industrielles de la Méditerranée (CNIM) | France |
| Daher | France |
| Dassault Group (also known as Groupe Dassault or Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault S.A. (GIMD)) | France |
| MBDA Holdings SAS (MBDA) | France |
| Naval Group | France |
| PGM Precision | France |
| France | |
| Safran S.A. | France |
| Socarenam | France |
| Thales Group (Thales) | France |
| Verney-Carron SA | France |
| Versailles state arms factory, Nicolas-Noël Boutet | France |
| Volvo Group Governmental Sales (VGGS or GovSales) | France |
| Abeking & Rasmussen Schiffs- und Yachtwerft SE (A&R) | Germany |
| Carl Walther GmbH | Germany |
| (also known as Diehl Group) | Germany |
| Germany | |
| Germany | |
| Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft mbH (FFG) | Germany |
| Fr. Lürssen Werft GmbH & Co.KG (Lürssen) | Germany |
| Hartmann & Weiss GmbH (H&W) | Germany |
| H&K AG Group (H&K) | Germany |
| Heym AG | Germany |
| H. Krieghoff GmbH (Krieghoff) | Germany |
| J. G. Anschütz GmbH & Co. KG | Germany |
| Mauser Jagdwaffen GmbH | Germany |
| PTW KORTH Technologies GmbH (Korth) | Germany |
| Rheinmetall AG (Rheinmetall) | Germany |
| ThyssenKrupp | Germany |
| Legal Entity of Public Law — State Military Scientific-Technical Center Delta (STC Delta) | Georgia |
| BSK Defense S.A. (BSK Defense) | Greece |
| Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI) | Greece |
| Hellenic Defence Systems S.A. (ΕΒΟ-PYRKAL) (trading name as EAS) | Greece |
| Hellenic Vehicle Industry S.A. (ELVO) | Greece |
| Motomarine S.A. (Motomarine) | Greece |
| Ordtech Military Industries (OMI) | Greece |
| Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited | India |
| Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited | India |
| Ashok Leyland Defence Systems (ALDS) | India |
| Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) | India |
| BEML Limited (BEML) | India |
| Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) | India |
| Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) | India |
| Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) | India |
| Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) | India |
| Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) | India |
| Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) | India |
| Kalyani Group | India |
| Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) | India |
| Mahindra Group | India |
| Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) | India |
| Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (Midhani) | India |
| MKU (company) | India |
| Munitions India Limited | India |
| Samtel Avionics | India |
| SSS Defence | India |
| Tata Advanced Systems Limited | India |
| Indonesian Aerospace (IAe) | Indonesia |
| North Sea Boats (trading name as PT. Lundin Industry Invest) | Indonesia |
| PT PAL Indonesia (Persero) | Indonesia |
| PT Palindo Marine | Indonesia |
| PT Pindad (Pindad) | Indonesia |
| Defense Industries Organization (DIO) | Iran |
| Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) | Iran |
| Automotive Industries Ltd. (AIL) | Israel |
| BUL Armory | Israel |
| Carmor Integrated Vehicle Solutions Ltd. (Carmor) | Israel |
| Elbit Systems | Israel |
| Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) | Israel |
| Plasan Sasa Ltd. (Plasan) | Israel |
| Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (Rafael) | Israel |
| Israel | |
| Armi Jager | Italy |
| Armi Perazzi S.p.A. (trading name as Perazzi) | Italy |
| Baglietto Navy | Italy |
| Italy | |
| Beretta Holding S.p.A. (Beretta Holding) | Italy |
| Breda Meccanica Bresciana (widely known simply as Breda) | Italy |
| Chiappa Firearms | Italy |
| Costruzioni Aeronautiche TECNAM S.r.l. (Tecnam) | Italy |
| DRASS Group | Italy |
| FAMARS | Italy |
| FB Design | Italy |
| Fincantieri | Italy |
| Fiocchi Munizioni | Italy |
| Intermarine S.p.A. (Intermarine) | Italy |
| Iveco Defence Vehicles (Iveco DV) | Italy |
| Leonardo S.p.A. | Italy |
| Piaggio Aerospace | Italy |
| Italy | |
| Vulcanair | Italy |
| Japan | |
| Daikin Industries, Ltd. (Daikin) | Japan |
| Hitachi | Japan |
| Japan | |
| Howa Machinery, Ltd. (Howa) | Japan |
| IHI Corporation | Japan |
| Japan | |
| Japan Steel Works | Japan |
| JFE Holdings, Inc. (JFE Holdings) | Japan |
| Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) | Japan |
| Komatsu Limited | Japan |
| MinebeaMitsumi, Inc. | Japan |
| Mitsubishi Group (Mitsubishi) | Japan |
| Mitsui E&S Holdings Co., Ltd. (Mitsui E&S) | Japan |
| Sasebo Heavy Industries | Japan |
| Japan | |
| ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd. (ShinMaywa) | Japan |
| Subaru Corporation | Japan |
| Japan | |
| Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) | Japan |
| Toshiba Corporation | Japan |
| Yamaha Motor Company Limited | Japan |
| King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) | Jordan |
| JSC National Company Kazakhstan Engineering (Kazakhstan Engineering) | Kazakhstan |
| Kenya Ordnance Factories Corporation (KOFC) | Kenya |
| Dartz Motorz Company (Dartz) | Latvia |
| JSC Riga Shipyard | Latvia |
| Lithuania | |
| Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Berhad (BHIC) | Malaysia |
| DefTech | Malaysia |
| Destini Berhad | Malaysia |
| Aguila Ammunition (trading name as TECNOS) | Mexico |
| Productos Mendoza,S.A. | Mexico |
| Myanmar Directorate of Defence Industries | Myanmar |
| Airbus SE | Netherlands |
| Damen Shipyards Group (Damen) | Netherlands |
| KMW+Nexter Defense Systems N.V. (KNDS) | Netherlands |
| Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) | Nigeria |
| Kongsberg Gruppen (Kongsberg) | Norway |
| Nammo AS | Norway |
| Umoe Mandal | Norway |
| Global Industrial Defence Solutions (GIDS) | Pakistan |
| Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) | Pakistan |
| Integrated Dynamics (ID) | Pakistan |
| Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works Limited (KSEW) | Pakistan |
| National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM) | Pakistan |
| Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) | Pakistan |
| Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) | Pakistan |
| Servicios Industriales de la Marina S.A. (SIMA Peru S.A.) | Peru |
| Arms Corporation of the Philippines (Armscor) | Philippines |
| Government Arsenal | Philippines |
| Ferfrans | Philippines |
| Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation (PADC) | Philippines |
| United Defense Manufacturing Corporation (UDMC) | Philippines |
| AMZ-Kutno | Poland |
| Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) | Poland |
| Poland | |
| Tekever Group (TEKEVER) | Portugal |
| Portugal | |
| Aerostar S.A. | Romania |
| Avioane Craiova S.A. | Romania |
| Romanian Aeronautic Industry (IAR) | Romania |
| ROMARM | Romania |
| Almaz-Antey | Russia |
| CJSC Barnaul Cartridge Plant | Russia |
| Concern Morinformsystem-Agat | Russia |
| Russia | |
| GAZ Group | Russia |
| JSC Zelenodolsk Plant named after A.M. Gorky (Zelenodolsk Plant) | Russia |
| Klimovsk Specialized Ammunition Plant | Russia |
| Lobaev Arms | Russia |
| Military Industrial Company LLC (VPK) | Russia |
| Russia | |
| Promtechnologies group (trading name as ORSIS) | Russia |
| State Corporation Rostec (Rostec) | Russia |
| State Space Corporation Roscosmos (Roscosmos) | Russia |
| Tactical Missiles Corporation (KTRV) | Russia |
| United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) | Russia |
| Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) | Saudi Arabia |
| EDePro Ltd. | Serbia |
| Holding Corporation Krušik a.d. (Krušik or HK Krušik a.d.) | Serbia |
| PPT Namenska | Serbia |
| Prvi Partizan A.D. (PPU) | Serbia |
| Sloboda Čačak | Serbia |
| Yugoimport SDPR | Serbia |
| Zastava Arms | Serbia |
| ST Engineering | Singapore |
| Grand Power s.r.o. | Slovakia |
| Slovenia | |
| DCD Group | South Africa |
| Denel SOC Ltd (Denel) | South Africa |
| Milkor (Pty) Ltd (Milkor) | South Africa |
| Paramount Group | South Africa |
| Rippel Effect (Pty) Ltd. (Rippel Effect) | South Africa |
| Truvelo Armoury | South Africa |
| Hanjin Group | South Korea |
| Hanwha Group (Hanwha) | South Korea |
| Hyundai Motor Group | South Korea |
| Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) | South Korea |
| LIG Nex1 | South Korea |
| South Korea | |
| Spain | |
| Spain | |
| Spain | |
| Instalaza | Spain |
| Navantia | Spain |
| Spain | |
| SENER | Spain |
| Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) | Sri Lanka |
| Military Industry Corporation (MIC Sudan) | Sudan |
| Bromma Air Maintenance AB (BAM) | Sweden |
| Saab AB | Sweden |
| Sweden | |
| Brügger & Thomet (B&T) | Switzerland |
| Pilatus Aircraft | Switzerland |
| RUAG Holding Ltd (RUAG) | Switzerland |
| Swiss Arms (US subsidiary known as SIG Sauer) |
Switzerland |
| Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) | Taiwan |
| CSBC Corporation | Taiwan |
| Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Company (JSSC) | Taiwan |
| LungTeh Shipbuilding (LTS) | Taiwan |
| National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) | Taiwan |
| Bangkok Dock Company Limited (BDC) | Thailand |
| Chaiseri Metal and Rubber Co., Ltd. (Chaiseri) | Thailand |
| Thai Aviation Industry | Thailand |
| Ares Shipyard Ltd. | Turkey |
| ASFAT Inc. | Turkey |
| ASELSAN | Turkey |
| Baykar | Turkey |
| BMC | Turkey |
| GİRSAN Machine and Light Weapon Industry Company (GİRSAN) | Turkey |
| Koç Holding A.Ş. | Turkey |
| Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKEK) | Turkey |
| Nurol Holding | Turkey |
| ROKETSAN | Turkey |
| Sarsılmaz | Turkey |
| Trabzon Silah Sanayi AŞ (TİSAŞ) | Turkey |
| Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) | Turkey |
| Kuznya na Rybalskomu | Ukraine |
| Lugansk Cartridge Works | Ukraine |
| Ukraine | |
| Ukraine | |
| RPC Fort (Fort) | Ukraine |
| Ukroboronprom (UOP) | Ukraine |
| XADO Chemical Group (trading name as Snipex) | Ukraine |
| PA Yuzhmash | Ukraine |
| Ukraine | |
| Accuracy International Ltd (AI) | United Kingdom |
| Babcock International Group plc | United Kingdom |
| BAE Systems plc | United Kingdom |
| Britten-Norman (widely known simply as "BN"，trading name as B-N Group Limited or BNG) | United Kingdom |
| Chemring Group PLC (Chemring) | United Kingdom |
| ELEY group Limited | United Kingdom |
| Ferguson Marine Engineering Ltd. (Ferguson Marine) | United Kingdom |
| Griffon Hoverwork | United Kingdom |
| James Fisher and Sons plc | United Kingdom |
| James Purdey and Sons Ltd. | United Kingdom |
| Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group | United Kingdom |
| OVIK Special Vehicles | United Kingdom |
| Supacat | United Kingdom |
| Webley & Scott | United Kingdom |
| Westley Richards & Co. Ltd (Westley Richards) | United Kingdom |
| W. W. Greener | United Kingdom |
| AeroVironment | United States |
| American Derringer Corporation | United States |
| AM General | United States |
| Axon Enterprise, Inc. (Axon) | United States |
| Barrett Firearms Manufacturing | United States |
| Beemiller Inc. (trading name as Hi-Point Firearms) | United States |
| Black Hills Ammunition (Black Hills) | United States |
| Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) | United States |
| Bollinger Shipyards | United States |
| Bond Arms Inc. | United States |
| Brunswick Commercial & Government Products | United States |
| Calico Light Weapons Systems (CLWS) | United States |
| Charter Arms | United States |
| CheyTac USA LLC (CheyTac) | United States |
| Colt's Manufacturing Company, LLC (CMC) | United States |
| Combined Systems, Inc. (CSI) | United States |
| Cooper Firearms of Montana, Inc. (trading name as Cooper Firearms) | United States |
| Day & Zimmermann (D&Z) | United States |
| Daniel Defense | United States |
| Dead Air Silencers | United States |
| Derecktor Shipyards (Derecktor) | United States |
| Desert Tech LLC (DT) | United States |
| Freedom Arms Inc. | United States |
| General Atomics (GA) | United States |
| General Dynamics (GD) | United States |
| Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding | United States |
| Gravois Aluminum Boats, LLC (trading name as Metal Shark) | United States |
| Harris Gunworks | United States |
| Henry Repeating Arms | United States |
| Hodgdon Yachts | United States |
| Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell) | United States |
| Hornady Manufacturing Company | United States |
| Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII) | United States |
| Ithaca Gun Company | United States |
| Kahr Firearms Group | United States |
| Kalashnikov USA (KUSA) | United States |
| Kaman Aerospace Corporation (Kaman) | United States |
| Kel-Tec CNC Industries Inc | United States |
| Kimber Manufacturing, Inc. (trading name as Kimber) | United States |
| Knight's Armament Company (KAC) | United States |
| L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (L3Harris) | United States |
| Lehigh Defense | United States |
| Les Baer | United States |
| Lewis Machine and Tool (LMT) | United States |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation | United States |
| LWRC International, LLC (LWRCI) | United States |
| MD Helicopters, Inc. | United States |
| Navistar Defense, LLC | United States |
| North American Arms | United States |
| Northrop Grumman Corporation | United States |
| Nosler | United States |
| Noveske Rifleworks | United States |
| O.F. Mossberg & Sons (Mossberg) | United States |
| Olin Corporation | United States |
| Olympic Arms | United States |
| Oshkosh Defense, LLC | United States |
| Palmetto State Armory (PSA) | United States |
| Patriot Ordnance Factory (POF-USA) | United States |
| Polaris Industries | United States |
| Raytheon Technologies Corporation (Raytheon Technologies) | United States |
| Rock River Arms | United States |
| Safariland, LLC | United States |
| SAFE Boats International (SBI) | United States |
| Savage Arms Inc | United States |
| Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) | United States |
| Serbu Firearms | United States |
| Sierra Bullets | United States |
| Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) | United States |
| SilencerCo | United States |
| Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (Smith & Wesson) | United States |
| Springfield Armory | United States |
| Strategic Armory Corps, LLC (SAC) | United States |
| Strayer Voigt Inc | United States |
| Sturm, Ruger, & Co. (Ruger) | United States |
| Swiftships, LLC, | United States |
| Textron, Inc. | United States |
| Troy Industries, Inc. | United States |
| U.S. Ordnance Inc. (USORD) | United States |
| Vigor Industrial LLC (Vigor) | United States |
| Vista Outdoor Operations LLC. (Vista Outdoor) | United States |
| Weatherby, Inc. | United States |
| Compañía Anónima Venezolana de Industrias Militares (CAVIM) | Venezuela |
| Diques y Astilleros Nacionales Compañía Anónima (DIANCA) | Venezuela |
| Unidad Naval Coordinadora de los Servicios de Carenado, Reparaciones de Casco, Reparaciones y Mantenimiento de Equipos de y Sistemas Buques (UCOCAR) | Venezuela |
| Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC) | Vietnam |
| Vietnam | |
| Zimbabwe Defence Industries | Zimbabwe |
See also[]
- Companies by arms sales
- List of firearm brands
- List of major arms industry corporations by country
- Military–industrial complex
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