La publicaci\u00f3n especializada en temas de defensa DEFENSE \u00a0NEWS, publica anualmente el ranking \u201cTOP 100\u201d de las compa\u00f1\u00edas globales del \u00e1rea de Defensa y Aeroespacial. Como aspectos destacados para el periodo 2020, observamos que de las primeras 10 compa\u00f1\u00edas, 6 son de origen EUA, 3 de China y 1 de RUGB. Hace una d\u00e9cada, solo 15 compa\u00f1\u00edas alcanzaban ingresos por ventas superiores a los US$ 5.000 Millones. En el per\u00edodo 2020, 24 compa\u00f1\u00edas superaron ese umbral, lo cual muestra un lento pero sostenido crecimiento de la demanda en el sector.<\/p>\n
The coronavirus pandemic is not yet over \u2014 despite our most optimistic thinking \u2014 and this year\u2019s\u00a0Defense News Top 100 list<\/a>\u00a0offers hints of how the broader international defense market has coped.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The answer appears to be that national security firms have fared well.\u00a0Very well.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Consider that six of the 10 largest U.S. defense companies had revenues jump by 6 percent or more \u2014 a total of about $11 billion \u2014 from fiscal 2019. And all seven Chinese firms on the list grew during the last year as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n See the 2021 Top 100 list here!<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The pandemic has shown \u2014 or maybe exposed \u2014\u00a0a workforce in which everyone is always online<\/a>, always connected and, during the last 16 months, always on the job. That\u2019s also true of the national security community. During this era of gray zone conflict, information warfare and cyberattacks, it\u2019s often felt like there has been no letting up, no pause, no time to catch a breath.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n At the same time, this year\u2019s list marks yet another significant shift in how the industry is changing. Last summer, I mentioned that the Top 100 is part art and part science but that every year we push it a bit closer to science. We succeeded in that vision for 2021.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s list includes more than 20 new names. Part of that is due to mergers since last summer. For example, Raytheon Technologies \u2014 the result of a combined United Technologies Corporation and Raytheon Company \u2014 makes its debut at No. 2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Some of those new additions are due to a more aggressive approach on our part to seek out information on defense revenues from companies around the world or from firms we either overlooked or for which we couldn\u2019t previously find revenue figures.<\/p>\n As evidence, last year\u2019s 100th company on the list had just less than $300 million in defense revenue. This year, the 100th firm has just less than $600 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n And some of the change serves as proof of the shifting demands of modern warfare.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Among the companies that are new \u2014 or returning \u2014 to the Top 100 are the cyber firm ManTech, the space company Parsons Corporation, the satellite imagery company Maxar Technologies, sensor company FLIR Systems, and emerging technologies company Alion Science and Technology. For all the talk of a digital, net-centric battlespace, this year\u2019s list may best reflect how industry is bending and evolving toward that future.<\/p>\n The primary story in the defense industry has been one of relentless growth. A decade ago, 15 companies had $5 billion in defense revenue. Today, we know of at least 24 companies that reach the same threshold.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n By next year at this time, we will know if\u00a0a coronavirus could slow the defense economy down<\/a>\u00a0or if even a once-in-a-generation pandemic is a mere hiccup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n