5 Biggest Airplane Manufacturing Companies in the World

In this piece, we will take a look at the 15 biggest airplane manufacturing companies in the world. For more companies, head on over to 5 Biggest Airplane Manufacturing Companies in the World.

5. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)

Latest Available 12 Month Revenue: $36 billion

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is an American defense contractor that has been manufacturing aircraft for close to a century now. Currently, the firm makes and sells a wide variety of aircraft such as fighter jets, stealth bombers, cargo delivery plans, UAVs, and supersonic fighter trainers.

By the end of last year’s fourth quarter, 49 of the 943 hedge funds part of Insider Monkey’s survey had held a stake in the company. Out of these, Rajiv Jain’s GQG Partners is Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) ‘s largest investor with a $428 million stake that comes via 784,927 shares.