2010 Top 100
33: General Electric Co.
| Top 100 Revenue: | $844,458,207 |
| Defense Revenue: | $828,440,930 |
| Civilian Revenue: | $16,017,277 |
| 2009 Revenue: | $156.8 billion |
| 2009 Earnings: | $11.2 billion |
| 2008 Revenue: | N/A |
| 2008 Earnings: | N/A |
| Number of employees: | N/A |
| Headquarters: | Fairfield, Conn. |
| Website: | www.ge.com |
| Leadership: | Jeff Immelt, CEO |
| Ticker: | GE |
| Lines of business: | Appliances, aviation, consumer products, electrical distribution, energy, finance-business, finance-consumer, healthcare, lighting, media and entertainment, oil and gas, rail, software and services and water |
| Major customers: | NASA |
| Major contracts/projects: | GE – Satellite was hired by NASA to provide Ku-band satellite connectivity for its science mission to study atmospheric and environmental conditions in the Pacific using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. NASA’s Global Hawk has been fitted with 11 science instruments for observing and measuring atmospheric conditions. The Global Hawk payload includes an antenna to allow it to continuously transmit data and images via the GE-23 satellite. |