2008 Top 100
12: BAE Systems Inc. **
| Top 100 Revenue: | $2,019,931,520 |
| Defense Revenue: | $1,849,635,577 |
| Civilian Revenue: | $170,295,943 |
| 2007 Revenue: | $28.2 billion |
| 2007 Earnings: | $1.8 billion |
| 2006 Revenue: | $27.4 billion |
| 2006 Earnings: | $3.3 billion |
| Number of employees: | 97,500 |
| Headquarters: | Rockville, Md. |
| Website: | www.baesystems.com |
| Leadership: | Mike Turner, CEO Walter P. Havenstein, president and CEO |
| Ticker: | BAESY |
| Lines of business: | BAE Systems Australia, CS&S International, electronics and integrated solutions, land and armaments, regional aircraft, submarine solutions, BAE Systems products group, customer solutions, integrated system technologies, military air solutions, shared services and surface fleet solutions |
| Major customers: | Army, Veterans Affairs Department, Defense Department and Air Force |
| Major contracts/projects: | BAE Systems is helping the Air Force develop new software and information management tools to improve the situational awareness of, and mission management for, air commanders. Under the 30-month cooperative research and development agreement, BAE will identify and demonstrate technologies, capabilities, products and processes that allow tactical decision-makers to plan, direct, coordinate and control forces and operations more efficiently. |
