2005 Top 100

43: Engineered Support Systems Inc.
Top 100 Revenue: $245,736,326
Defense Revenue: $233,749,541
Civilian Revenue: $11,986,785
2004 Revenue: $883.6 million
2004 Earnings: $75.9 million
2003 Revenue: $572.7 million
2003 Earnings: $43.4 million
Number of employees: 3,400
Headquarters: St. Louis
Website: www.engineeredsupport.com
Leadership:

Gerald A. Potthoff, vice chairman, CEO and president

Larry K. Brewer, president, Washington operations

Ticker: EASI
Lines of business: ESSI has several subsidiaries: Engineered Air Systems Inc., Engineered Environments Inc., ESSIbuy.com, Engineered Electric/Fermont, Keco Industries, Engineered Coil, Pivotal Power Inc., Prospective Computer Analysts Inc., Radian Inc., Spacelink International LLC, Systems & Electronics
Major customers: Army, Navy and Marine Corps
Major contracts/projects: Engineered Support Systems is building a scaleable, integrated, open standards command and control IT infrastructure for the Multi-National Forces in Iraq.