DOD's top 100 contractors.

Last year was another good one for Lockheed Martin and its ability to win military contracts. The Bethesda, Md.-based firm received $21.9 billion in Pentagon contracts, up by almost $5 billion from 2002, when it received $17 billion. Lockheed Martin remained the nation's largest defense contractor,

followed by the Boeing Co., which received $17.3 billion in contracts last year, according to the Defense Department's annual procurement report released on Feb. 11. For the complete list of the Pentagon's top 100 contractors, broken down by parent companies and their divisions as well as by military services, set your browser to: http://www.dior.whs.mil/peidhome/procstat/p01/fy2003/top100.htm.

Rank                                           Awards (Billions $)
2003   2002          Company Name                     2003    2002

 1      1      LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION            21.9    17.0
 2      2      BOEING COMPANY, THE                    17.3    16.6
 3      3      NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION           11.1     8.7
 4      5      GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION            8.2     7.0
 5      4      RAYTHEON COMPANY                        7.9     7.0
 6      6      UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION         4.5     3.6
 7      37     HALLIBURTON COMPANY                     3.9     0.5
 8      11     GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY                2.8     1.6
 9      7      SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL      2.6     2.1
                 CORP.
 10     21     COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION           2.5     0.8