Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Industry

Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Company List

BAE Systems, Inc.
BAE Systems takes care of business in North America for parent BAE SYSTEMS plc -- the largest foreign player in the US defense market. Operations include the design,...more
The Boeing Company
Boeing is the 800-pound gorilla of US aerospace. The world's largest aerospace company, Boeing is the #2 maker of large commercial jets (behind rival Airbus) and the...more
Boeing United Kingdom Limited
Boeing, the world's largest aerospace company, is also the #2 defense contractor (behind Lockheed Martin) and the #2 maker of commercial aircraft (behind...more
CIC International Ltd.
Like a veteran goalie, CIC International holds its own on defense. The company makes military equipment and systems for governments and defense contractors worldwide. CIC's main products include...more
EADS North America, Inc.
EADS North America (EADS), a subsidiary of Netherlands-based European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS N.V.), is the holding company for the North...more
Erickson Air-Crane, Inc.
Q: If a gallon of water weighs eight pounds, how do you get enough gallons into the sky to make a difference in fighting a forest fire? A: Ask Erickson...more
Finmeccanica SpA
Italy's largest engineering and aerospace/defense group, Finmeccanica makes helicopters, military aircraft, defense systems, satellites, and much more. The company operates through some 100...more
General Dynamics Corporation
Military contractor General Dynamics brings it on by land, air, and sea. The company is the Pentagon's fourth largest prime contractor, following Lockheed Martin,...more
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Promgoers may prefer limos, but grownups who've really made it -- executives, celebrities, and heads of state -- arrive in jets (and rarely rent tuxes). Gulfstream Aerospace, a...more
Kaman Corporation
Kaman makes military helicopters, but it's the distribution of 3 million industrial items that makes the company fly. The company distributes bearings, power transmission, and motion control...more
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Land, sea, or sky, Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) gets things moving. KHI's consumer products and machinery division makes motorcycles, personal watercraft (the Jet Ski brand), and all-terrain...more
Lagardère SCA
Lagardère is shedding its missiles in favor of media. The company, whose primary holdings include media firm Lagardère Active (publisher of...more
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Lockheed Martin moves product in times of crisis -- the company is the world's #1 military contractor (ahead of Boeing and Northrop...more
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Satellites have come a long way since Russia launched the 183-pound, basketball-sized Sputnik in 1957. Today, Lockheed Martin Space Systems designs and produces much larger and infinitely more...more
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Avast there! The acquisitions of Litton Industries, Newport News, and TRW made Northrop Grumman the world's #1 shipbuilder and the #3...more
Saab AB
This Saab doesn't make cars, but it does make aerospace products. Saab's Systems and Products division offers sensors, avionics, electronic warfare and weapons systems, and microwave systems....more
SAFRAN
French industrial giant SAFRAN could argue that communication isn't always the key to a happy marriage, especially if one side insists on being defensive. The company -- spawned by the 2005...more
Textron Inc.
Executives should like Textron: The company's golf carts enrich their golfing jaunts, its Cessna airplanes and...more
United Technologies Corporation
United Technologies (UTC) lifts you up and cools you down. Through flagships Carrier, Otis, Pratt &...more

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