Ranked: America’s Largest Defense Contractors

Dorothy Neufeld
2025-06-06 14:28:00
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Ranked: America’s Largest Defense Contractors

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Key Takeaways

Lockheed Martin is America’s largest defense contractor, and it received $61.4 billion in Department of Defense contracts in 2023.
RTX Corporation (formerly Raytheon Technologies) ranks in second, with $24.1 billion in awarded contracts that year.
Following closely behind is General Dynamics, which operates four main business segments: aerospace, marine systems, combat systems, and technologies.

In 2023, the Department of Defense budget totaled $609.2 billion, equal to $1,819 for every U.S. resident.

Following a wave of consolidation in the past few decades, a handful of defense contractors dominate the industry. At the same time, many of these firms provide a diversified range of capabilities—from munitions and nuclear submarines to services that manage IT infrastructure.

This graphic shows the top U.S. defense firms by contract value, based on data from the Department of Defense.

The Top 10 Defense Firms by Contract Value

In the table below, we show the largest American defense contractors in fiscal 2023:

Rank	Company	Value of U.S. Government Defense Contracts 2023
1	Lockheed Martin	$61.4B
2	RTX	$24.1B
3	General Dynamics	$22.9B
4	Boeing	$20.1B
5	Northrop Grumman	$16.3B
6	Huntington Ingalls	$10.5B
7	Humana	$7.8B
8	L3Harris Technologies	$7.5B
9	BAE Systems	$7.0B
10	Cencora	$4.4B

With $61.4 billion in contracts, Lockheed Martin stands as the largest overall by a wide margin.

Most notably, it completed a $30 billion contract to build F-35 fighter jets for the Pentagon and allies in 2023. Along with this, it was awarded contracts to manufacture precision-strike rockets and nuclear spacecraft.

Following next in line is RTX, formerly Raytheon Technologies, at $24.1 billion in contracts. As the world’s most valuable defense company, RTX is worth $183 billion, driven by its broad range of missile systems, commercial aviation, and advanced technologies.

Ranking in third is Virginia-based General Dynamics, which typically generates the most revenue from its IT systems and marine divisions.

Overall, the number of prime contractors for the Department of Defense has declined from 51 in the 1990s to just five today. These legacy firms include Lockheed Martin, RTX Corporation, General Dynamics, Boeing, and Northrop Grumman.

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