SIPRI’s completed work on its list of the world’s biggest arms producers for 2010.
The list includes 11 Russian companies — Almaz-Antey, OAK, OSK, Vertolety Rossii, Sukhoy, Irkut, ODK, Sevmash,TRV (Tactical Missile Armaments), Uralvagonzavod, and Salyut.
SIPRI listed parents and subsidiaries this year because the data was available. It also notes that many Russian companies might be in the top 100, but there’s insufficient financial reporting. There isn’t enough data on Oboronprom, but its subsidiary Vertolety Rossii is here. Similarly, it says there would be many Chinese and some Ukrainian and Kazakh firms on the list if their annual reports were public. SIPRI relies on CAST for its numbers on Russian arms makers.
Interesting to note a big 2010 loss for OAK and a small one for Sevmash. If you look back to the 2009 report, you’ll see most of OAK’s problem is MiG.
We might compare SIPRI’s work to Defense News’ list described here. Unfortunately, DN’s page is no longer available.
The discrepancy between the two lists is a little surprising.
Russian Defense Policy 