Top 10 Drone & UAV Companies

[Ranked by revenue]

Category: UAVs & drones. Ordered by the most recent annual revenue we hold for each company.

Top 10 Drone & UAV Companies, ranked by revenue
Rank	Company	Revenue	Employees	Type
01	Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) China	$83.4 billion (2023)	500,000+	Prime Contractor
02	Northrop Grumman United States NOC	$39.3 billion (2023)	95,000+	Prime Contractor
03	China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) China	¥280 billion (2023)	150,000+	Prime Contractor
04	Airbus Defence and Space Germany AIR	€11.4 billion (2023)	35,000+	Prime Contractor
05	Dassault Aviation France AM	€6.9 billion (2023)	12,700+	Prime Contractor
06	ST Engineering Singapore S63	SGD 9.5 billion (2023)	24,000+	Prime Contractor
07	Elbit Systems Israel ESLT	$6.3 billion (2023)	20,000+	Prime Contractor
08	EDGE Group United Arab Emirates	$5.8 billion (2023)	15,000+	Government Entity
09	United Aircraft Corporation Russia	₽500 billion (2023)	100,000+	Government Entity
10	Israel Aerospace Industries Israel	$5.3 billion (2023)	15,000+	Government Entity

How This List Is Made

Eligible: Category: UAVs & drones. Active companies only.
Excluded: Subsidiaries and divisions, so that a parent and its units are not counted twice.
Ranked by: Total annual revenue as recorded on each profile, usually for 2023. This is company revenue, not defence revenue. Figures in other currencies are converted to US dollars at approximate average rates to put them in order; the table shows the original figure.
Coverage: 26 of 152 eligible companies have revenue data. Companies without it are not ranked.
Defence revenue: For a ranking by defence revenue alone, see the Top 100 defence companies.