TOP 20 DEFENSE CONTRACTORS
McDonnell Douglas Corp. is still the nation’s biggest defense contractor, but Tenneco Inc. has plummeted from fourth to 21st on the Defense Department’s list of arms makers, the Pentagon said. The department released its 1989 totals of prime contract awards to companies, showing St. Louis-based McDonnell Douglas with $8.6 billion of work last year led the list. The following are the top 20 U.S. defense contractors and their prime contract award totals for fiscal 1989 and 1988:
1989 rankings, Amount
Rank. Contractor: (in billions)
1. McDonnell Douglas: $8.6
2. General Dynamics: 7.0
3. General Electric: 5.8
4. Raytheon: 3.8
5. General Motors: 3.7
6. Lockheed: 3.7
7. United Technologies: 3.6
8. Martin Marietta: 3.3
9. Boeing: 2.9
10. Grumman: 2.4
11. GTE: 2.3
12. Rockwell International: 2.1
13. Westinghouse Electric: 1.7
14. Honeywell: 1.6
15. Litton: 1.4
16. IBM: 1.3
17. TRW: 1.3
18. Unisys: 1.2
19. ITT: 1.2
20. Texas Instruments: 1.0
1988 rankings, Amount
Rank: Contractor: (in billions)
1. McDonnell Douglas: $8.0
2. General Dynamics: 6.5
3. General Electric: 5.7
4. Tenneco: 5.0
5. Raytheon: 4.1
6. Martin Marietta: 3.7
7. General Motors: 3.6
8. Lockheed: 3.5
9. United Technologies: 3.5
10. Boeing: 3.0
11. Grumman: 2.8
12. Litton: 2.6
13. Westinghouse Electric: 2.2
14. Rockwell Int.: 2.2
15. Unisys: 1.4
16. Honeywell: 1.4
17. Textron: 1.3
18. TRW: 1.3
19. Texas Instruments: 1.2
20. IBM: 1.1
Source: Defense Department
