The U.S. has the world’s largest defense industry, spending more than $1.7T in FY 2022. The manufacture and sale of service revolvers to tactical drones, as well as the maintenance and operation of the country’s 420 military installations. Defense spending as a share of GDP is as high as 12% and 10% in Virginia and Hawaii, respectively. (Here are states with the largest U.S. Army presence.) For example, 417 military contractors in 40 states support only the material needs of the U.S. Army, the largest and oldest branch of the U.S. military. To find the states with the most U.S. Army contractors, 247 Wall St. reviewed the most recent Army Weapon Systems Handbook for 2020-2021, and identified how many defense contractors operate in each state. These contractors produce weapons systems in development or in active use by the Army. States are ranked by the number of contractors operating in the state.
Ten states have no contractors operating in them, including Louisiana. Virginia and Maryland are home to 92 of Army contractors, including General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.
Stark Aerospace in Mississippi produces tactical unmanned aerial vehicles for the Army and Airbus Helicopters Inc. in Columbus build the UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter.
Companies in Alabama include • 4M Research • Anniston Army Depot • BAE Systems • Boeing • Colsa • Cubic/GATR • DRS • DRS Network & Imaging Systems • Dynetics • GATR • General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems • HDT-Manufacture • Integrated Solutions for Systems, Inc. • Invariant Corporation • Navigator Development Group, Inc. • Northrop Grumman Corporation • Pinnacle Solutions, Inc. • Quantitech, Inc. • SAIC • Scientific Research Corporation • Software, Simulation, Systems Engineering (S3I) • Strategic Systems • Support Systems Associates, Inc • Systems Engineering Solutions, Inc. • Tyonek • VT Miltope. (24/7 Wall Street 03/24/23) The States That Make the Most Weapons for the US Army – 24/7 Wall St. (247wallst.com)
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