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Reportlinker Adds Global Top 10 Aerospace and Defense Companies - Industry, Financial and SWOT Analysis


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NEW YORK, May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Global Top 10 Aerospace and Defense Companies - Industry, Financial and SWOT Analysis

http://www.reportlinker.com/p0201746/Global-Top-10-Aerospace-and-Defense-Companies---Industry-Financial-and-SWOT-Analysis.html

Introduction

This report analyzes the global aerospace and defense market in terms of market size, key drivers and resistors, trends and competitive positioning. It includes profiles of the top ten companies in the industry along with 5-year financial analysis and in-depth SWOT analysis.

Scope

*Performance of the global aerospace and defense market on the basis of sales, volume and respective growth patterns over the past five years

*Obtain descriptive profiles of the top ten leading players including strategic initiatives undertaken in the last 12 months

*Analysis of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of the top 10 aerospace & defense companies along with business overview and financials

*Benchmark the performance of the top 10 players for the past five years; includes revenue comparison, profitability analysis, industry-specific ratios

Highlights

The global aerospace & defense market generated total revenues of $674.6 billion in 2008, representing a CAGR of 5.4% for the period spanning 200408.

The defense EPM segment was the market's most lucrative in 2008, generating total revenues of $469.2 billion, equivalent to 69.5% of the market's overall value.

The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 6.2% for the five-year period 200813, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $910 billion by the end of 2013.

Reasons to Purchase

*Save time, money and resources on analyzing the top 10 aerospace and defense companies using this report

*Analyze the global aerospace and defense market with key industry metrics including market value, market volume, and growth forecasts

*Assess the intensity of competition based on the 5-forces model including degree of rivalry, substitutes, new entrants, buyer power and supplier power

Table of Contents 2

Table OF FIGURES 3

TABLES 4

Executive Summary 5

Industry analysis 5

Industry definition 5

Research highlights 5

Market Value 6

Market Segmentation - Product 7

Market Segmentation - Geography 8

Five Forces Analysis 9

Summary 9

Buyer power 10

Supplier power 11

New entrants 12

Substitutes 13

Rivalry 14

Top 10 Companies Landscape 15

Top 10 Companies Landscape 15

General Electric Company 16

European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company 16

The Boeing Company 17

United Technologies Corporation 17

Lockheed Martin Corporation 17

Northrop Grumman Corporation 17

BAE Systems plc 17

General Dynamics Corporation 17

Raytheon Company 18

Thales SA 18

Revenue analysis 19

Financial performance analysis 20

Operating profit analysis 21

Net profit analysis 22

Ratio analysis 23

Company Reports 25

General Electric Company 25

Company overview 25

Business description 25

SWOT analysis 27

Strengths 27

Weaknesses 28

Opportunities 29

Threats 31

Recent developments 32

European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company 34

Company overview 34

Business description 34

SWOT analysis 36

Strengths 36

Weaknesses 37

Opportunities 37

Threats 39

Recent developments 40

The Boeing Company 41

Company overview 41

Business description 41

SWOT analysis 42

Strengths 42

Weaknesses 43

Opportunities 44

Threats 45

Recent developments 46

United Technologies Corporation 48

Company overview 48

Business description 48

SWOT analysis 50

Strengths 50

Weaknesses 51

Opportunities 52

Threats 53

Recent developments 54

Lockheed Martin Corporation 55

Company overview 55

Business description 55

SWOT analysis 57

Strengths 57

Weaknesses 58

Opportunities 59

Threats 60

Recent developments 61

Northrop Grumman Corporation 62

Company overview 62

Business description 62

SWOT analysis 64

Strengths 64

Weaknesses 65

Opportunities 66

Threats 67

Recent developments 67

BAE Systems plc 69

Company overview 69

Business description 69

SWOT analysis 70

Strengths 70

Weaknesses 71

Opportunities 72

Threats 73

Recent developments 75

General Dynamics Corporation 76

Company overview 76

Business description 76

SWOT analysis 77

Strengths 77

Weaknesses 78

Opportunities 79

Threats 80

Recent developments 81

Raytheon Company 82

Company overview 82

Business description 82

SWOT Analysis 84

Strengths 84

Weaknesses 85

Opportunities 86

Threats 87

Recent developments 88

Thales SA 89

Company overview 89

Business description 89

SWOT analysis 91

Strengths 91

Weaknesses 92

Opportunities 93

Threats 94

Recent developments 94

Financial Analysis 96

General Electric Company 96

European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company 99

The Boeing Company 102

United Technologies Corporation 105

Lockheed Martin Corporation 108

Northrop Grumman Corporation 111

BAE Systems plc 114

General Dynamics Corporation 117

Raytheon Company 120

Thales SA 123

APPENDIX 126

List of Tables

Table 1: Global aerospace & defense market, $ billion, 2004-08 6

Table 2: Global aerospace & defense market segmentation-product , % share 2008 7

Table 3: Global aerospace & defense market segmentation-geography ,% share 2008 8

Table 4: Turnover of global top 10 aerospace & defense companies, $ million, FY2008 15

Table 5: Revenue growth of global top 10 aerospace & defense companies, FY2006-08 19

Table 6: Key financials of global top 10 aerospace & defense companies, FY2008 20

Table 7: Key industry specific ratios, FY2008 23

Table 8: General Electric-Financial and operational highlights, 2004-08 ($ million) 96

Table 9: General Electric-Key industry specific ratios, 2004-08 98

Table 10: EADS-Financial and operational highlights, 2004-08 ($ million) 99

Table 11: EADS-Key industry specific ratios, 2004-08 101

Table 12: Boeing-Financial and operational highlights, 2004-08 ($ million) 102

Table 13: Boeing-Key industry specific ratios, 2004-08 104

Table 14: United Technologies-Financial and operational highlights, 2004-08 ($ million) 105

Table 15: United Technologies-Key industry specific ratios, 2004-08 107

Table 16: Lockheed Martin-Financial and operational highlights, 2004-08 ($ million) 108

Table 17: Lockheed Martin-Key industry specific ratios, 2004-08 110

Table 18: Northrop Grumman-Financial and operational highlights, 2004-08 ($ million) 111

Table 19: Northrop Grumman-Key industry specific ratios, 2004-08 113

Table 20: BAE Systems-Financial and operational highlights, 2004-08 ($ million) 114

Table 21: BAE Systems-Key industry specific ratios, 2004-08 116

Table 22: General Dynamics-Financial and operational highlights, 2004-08 ($ million) 117

Table 23: General Dynamics-Key industry specific ratios, 2004-08 119

Table 24: Raytheon-Financial and operational highlights, 2004-08 ($ million) 120

Table 25: Raytheon-Key industry specific ratios, 2004-08 122

Table 26: Thales-Financial and operational highlights, 2004-08 ($ million) 123

Table 27: Thales-Key industry specific ratios, 2004-08 125

List of Figures

Figure 1: Global aerospace & defense market, $ billion, 2004-08 6

Figure 2: Global aerospace & defense market segmentation-product , % share 2008 7

Figure 3: Global aerospace & defense market segmentation-geography ,% share 2008 8

Figure 4: Forces driving competition in the global aerospace & defense market, 2008 9

Figure 5: Drivers of buyer power in the global aerospace & defense market, 2008 10

Figure 6: Drivers of supplier power in the global aerospace & defense market, 2008 11

Figure 7: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the global aerospace & defense market, 2008 12

Figure 8: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the global aerospace & defense market, 2008 13

Figure 9: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the global aerospace & defense market, 2008 14

Figure 10: Turnover of global top 10 aerospace & defense companies, $ million, FY2008 16

Figure 11: Revenue growth of global top 10 aerospace & defense companies, FY2006-08 20

Figure 12: Operating performance analysis, FY2008 21

Figure 13: Net profit analysis, FY2008 22

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