• UK: Dependency of defense suppliers on MOD business 2005-2020

This statistic illustrates the dependency of the top ten defense industry suppliers on the Ministry of Defence (MOD) business in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2005/06 to 2019/20, in percent of global revenue of the top ten suppliers. QinetiQ Group was the MOD supplier with the highest dependency, with 60.3 percent of its global revenue made through MOD sales in 2019/20. The source explains this dependency with a change in the sale of the company's US services business in 2014.

Leading defense suppliers dependency on Ministry of Defence (MOD) business in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2005/06 to 2019/20*

Characteristic	QinetiQ Group PLC	Babcock International Group PLC	BAE Systems PLC	Ferrovial SA	Leonardo SpA	Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC	General Dynamics Corporation	Lockheed Martin Corporation	Airbus Group SE	The Boeing Company
2019/20	60.3%	50.2%	20%	13.7%	6.2%	5.4%	2.3%	1.7%	1.5%	1%
2018/19	58.4%	41.7%	20.1%	11.9%	6.2%	5.6%	2.5%	2.1%	1.5%	0.6%
2017/18	62%	38.4%	19.1%	5.5%	9.7%	5.4%	1.8%	2%	1.6%	0.5%
2016/17	61.7%	37.2%	20.5%	2.4%	5.8%	5.1%	1.9%	2%	1.5%	0.5%
2015/16	67.9%	37.2%	21.9%	2.1%	7.8%	6%	1.3%	2%	1.6%	0.8%
2014/15	68.6%	37.2%	22.8%	2.1%	8%	5.5%	1.8%	2.6%	1.9%	0.9%
2013/14**	60%	39.5%	20.6%	1.1%	7.8%	5.2%	1.5%	2.4%	1.8%	0.9%
2012/13	33.8%	44%	20.2%	-	6.8%	4.8%	1.8%	2.3%	1.4%	1%
2011/12	29.3%	43.8%	17.4%	-	6%	6.1%	2.3%	2.3%	1.8%	0.8%
2010/11	27.7%	49%	15.6%	-	6.1%	4.9%	1.7%	2.1%	1.4%	0.9%
2009/10	35.2%	46.7%	19.2%	-	5.9%	5.7%	1.2%	2.1%	1.4%	0.5%
2008/09	35.1%	48.1%	19.5%	-	7.8%	5.6%	1.6%	2.5%	1.4%	0.8%
2007/08	41.2%	57.4%	20.6%	-	9.1%	6.3%	1.8%	3.5%	1.5%	1.2%
2006/07	47.7%	42%	22.1%	-	7.9%	5.2%	-	1.9%	1.2%	0.5%
2005/06	58.7%	47.6%	22.2%	-	7%	5.8%	-	1.9%	1.4%	0.3%

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Release date

September 2020

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2005 to 2020

Supplementary notes

* All expenditure is VAT exclusive and expressed at current prices.
** From 2013/14 the data includes direct payments made by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) and the Defence Support Group (DSG) to the top 10 suppliers.

Airbus Group SE went trough a name change. Airbus Group SE is the former Airbus Group NV/EADS NV.
The source adds: 'Ferrovial entered the top 10 suppliers for the first time in 2018/19 due to its full take over of Amey contracts previously run as a Joint Venture with Carrillion. No direct payments were made by MOD to Ferrovial prior to 2013/14'.

No data available for DXC Technology Company prior to 2009/10.

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