Aerospace & Defense Industry Competitors

ABRO (or Army Base Repair Organization) is to an army what a pit crew is to a race car. A trading fund of the UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD), ABRO offers engineering, repair and remanufacturing services to government agencies including the British Army, Air Force, and police....

Allied Aerosystems Ltd (AAL) doesn't fix airplanes, but it does fix the machines that help others fix airplanes. AAL repairs and calibrates the testing equipment used by aircraft repair technicians. In addition to its laboratory in Wales, the company also is present at London's Heathrow Airport, and has operations in Hayes and Nantgarw....

BAE Systems Land Systems can do battle both on land and at sea. A business unit of BAE SYSTEMS, Land Systems makes military vehicles, battle tanks, armoured personnel carriers, mobile platforms, ammunition, turreted weapons systems, bridging equipment, engineering vehicles, and naval guns and launchers....

BMT Defence Services doesn't want anyone sinking your battleship. The company (a subsidiary of BMT) provides engineering and design consultancy services to customers involved in the naval sector. BMT Defense Services' offerings include marine and electrical engineering, combat systems design, naval architecture, systems engineering, as well as safety and environmental management....

BMT Fluid Mechanics can help you go with the flow. The company (a subsidiary of BMT) specializes in wind engineering and offshore marine consulting services, addressing fields such as fluid dynamics and naval architecture, as well as physical and numerical modeling....

Boeing, the world's largest aerospace company, is also the #2 defense contractor (behind Lockheed Martin) and the #2 maker of commercial aircraft (behind Airbus); it does business in the UK through subsidiaries such as Boeing United Kingdom Limited....

Bristol Aerospace is a Canadian civil aerospace and defense company and a subsidiary of Magellan Aerospace. Bristol Aerospace offers a range of repair and overhaul services for fixed and rotary wing aircraft and specializes in the manufacture of commercial and military aircraft engines and components and subsystems....

British Maritime Technology (BMT) can lend all sorts of helping hands, whether by land, air, or sea. Through more than 20 subsidiaries the company offers a variety of engineering and technical services, addressing tasks such as airport safety, ship design, transportation management, and environmental risk assessment and remediation....

The name China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) does little to betray the organizations higher purpose. Established in 1980, CGWIC runs the commercial and international space technology cooperation side of China's Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)....

Critical Mass Media is a leading provider of market research and direct marketing services to the radio broadcasting industry. Contacting more than 40 million people each year in the US either by phone or online, the company offers insight into listener demographics and opinion surveys to help broadcasters tailor their programming and commercial messages to their audiences....

E...

EADS Test & Services (UK), formerly Racal Instruments Group Ltd., provides electronic testing equipment, including digital test systems; signal, power, and radio frequency switch systems; jet engine test systems; and static and mobile electronic workshops....

The European Space Agency (ESA) manages Europe's journey into space. Its mission is to develop Europe's space capability by engaging in space research and developing satellite-based technologies and services that promote European industries. Although the agency maintains close ties with the EU, it is not directly affiliated with it....

General Dynamics C4 Systems (GDC4S), a business unit of General Dynamics, helps fight the "fog of war." The "C4" stands for command, control, computers and communication solutions; in short, the unit makes communications and information systems for military and business customers....

General Dynamics UK may sound small -- it employs only about 1.5% of parent General Dynamics' employees -- but that's more than 1,000 people! General Dynamics has operations that include the manufacture of tanks, planes, and nuclear submarines, but General Dynamics UK specializes in communications, avionics, information management systems, and digitization....

International Launch Services (ILS) is where East meets West in the space race. Although the company's majority owner, Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, is based in Russia, ILS is registered in the US. ILS gets payloads into orbit using venerable Atlas and Proton launch vehicles as well as the new Angara family of vehicles from the Baikonur Cosmodrome (operated by the Russian Space Agency) in Kazakhstan....

Jiangsu Expressway Company maintains and operates the eight-lane Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway and other related toll expressways in Jiangsu Province. The Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway links Shanghai, China's largest metropolis, with Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province....

The name suggests the dream of meteorologists (or mad scientists) the world over; the reality is out of this world. L-3 Storm Control Systems Ltd. is L-3 Communications' satellite telemetry, tracking, and control operations subsidiary....

Satellites have come a long way since Russia launch the 183-pound, basketball-sized Sputnik I in 1957. Today, Lockheed Martin Space Systems designs and produces much larger and infinitely more complex government and commercial satellites, strategic and defensive missile systems, and satellite launch vehicles....

US aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin formed Lockheed Martin UK Holdings Limited in 1999 to consolidate its UK operations. The aforementioned operations include military fighters and transport planes, air traffic management systems, missiles and fire control systems, transportation systems, and command and control systems....