List of modern armament manufacturers explained

The following list of modern armament manufacturers presents major companies producing modern weapons and munitions for military, paramilitary, government agency and civilian use. The companies are listed by their full name followed by the short form, or common acronym, if any, in parentheses. The country the company is based in, if the information is available, follows that.

Country Company
Bersa S.A. (Bersa)
Fabricaciones Militares Sociedad del Estado (Fabricaciones Militares)
Fábrica Argentina de Aviones S.A. (FAdeA)
ASC
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Diamond Aircraft Industries
Glock Ges.m.b.H. (Glock)
Rößler (also known as Roessler Waffen GmbH)
Ministry of Defence Industry of Azerbaijan
Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory
John Cockerill
Igman Konjic
Pretis
AC-Unity
Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro (AMRJ)
Arsenal Corporation
ABCO Industries Inc. (ABCO)
Ontario Drive and Gear Ltd. (trading name as ARGO)
Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada de Chile (ASMAR)
Union de Industrias Militares (UIM)
AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE a.s. (Aero Vodochody)
Czechoslovak Group
Dirección de la Industria Aeronáutica Ecuador (DIAF)
Alexandria Shipyard (ASY or Alexshipyard)
Baltic Workboats AS (BWB)
Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC)
Marine Alutech Oy Ab (trading name as Watercat)
Centigon Security Group
Dassault Group (also known as Groupe Dassault or Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault S.A. (GIMD))
Abeking & Rasmussen Schiffs- und Yachtwerft SE (A&R)
(also known as Diehl Group)
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
Legal Entity of Public Law — State Military Scientific-Technical Center Delta (STC Delta)
BSK Defense S.A. (BSK Defense)
Hellenic Defence Systems (trading name as EAS)
Hellenic Vehicle Industry S.A. (ELVO)
Advanced Weapons and Equipment India
Armoured Vehicles Nigam
Munitions India
Troop Comforts
Yantra India
PT Dirgantara Indonesia
North Sea Boats (trading name as PT Lundin Industry Invest)
Defense Industries Organization (DIO)
Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO)
Iran Electronics Industries (IEI)
Marine Industries Organization (MIO)
Iran Marine Industrial Company (SADRA)
Iran Shipbuilding & Offshore Industries Complex Co (ISOICO)
Automotive Industries Ltd. (AIL)
BUL Armory
Elbit Systems
Israel Aerospace Industries
Israel Weapon Industries
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
UVision Air
Armi Jager
Armi Perazzi S.p.A. (trading name as Perazzi)
Benelli Armi
Breda Meccanica Bresciana (widely known simply as Breda)
Costruzioni Aeronautiche TECNAM S.r.l. (Tecnam)
Iveco Defence Vehicles (Iveco DV)
Jordan Design and Development Bureau (JODDB)
JSC National Company Kazakhstan Engineering (Kazakhstan Engineering)
Kenya Ordnance Factories Corporation
Dartz
Beretta Holding (Multinational)
Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Berhad (BHIC)
Aguila Ammunition (trading name as TECNOS)
Myanmar Directorate of Defence Industries
Airbus (Multinational)
KMW+Nexter Defense Systems (Multinational)
Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria
Kongsberg Gruppen
Global Industrial Defence Solutions
National Radio & Telecommunication Corporation
Servicios Industriales de la Marina S.A. (SIMA Peru S.A.)
Arms Corporation of the Philippines (Armscor)
AMZ-Kutno
Tekever Group (TEKEVER)
Aerostar
Almaz-Antey
Aviaconversiya
Lobaev Arms
Promtechnologies group (trading name as ORSIS)
RTI Systems
Saudi Arabian Military Industries
EDePro
ST Engineering
Grand Power s.r.o.
DCD Group
Hanjin Group
Colombo Dockyard
Military Industry Corporation (MIC Sudan)
Brügger & Thomet (B&T)
Swiss Arms
(US subsidiary known as SIG Sauer)
Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC)
DronesVision
Bangkok Dock
Ares Shipyard Ltd.
GİRSAN
Kuznya na Rybalskomu
XADO Chemical Group (trading name as Snipex)
EDGE Group
Accuracy International
Britten-Norman (widely known simply as "BN",trading name as B-N Group Limited or BNG)
Beemiller Inc. (trading name as Hi-Point Firearms)
Cooper Firearms (trading name as Cooper Firearms)
General Atomics
Gravois Aluminum Boats (trading as Metal Shark Boats)
Palmetto State Armory
Patriot Ordnance Factory
Strayer Voigt Inc (brand name Infinity Firearms)
Sturm, Ruger
Swiftships
Vista Outdoor
Compañía Anónima Venezolana de Industrias Militares (CAVIM)
Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC)
Zimbabwe Defence Industries

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