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By The Numbers 2020's Top 10 International Companies in Arms Sales (in U.S. dollars) 1. LOCKHEED MARTIN $58.2 BILLION USA 2. RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES $36.7 BILLION USA 3. BOEING $32.1 BILLION USA 4. NORTHROP GRUMMAN $30.4 BILLION USA 5. GENERAL DYNAMICS $25.8 BILLION USA 6. BAE SYSTEMS $24 BILLON UK 7. NORINCO $17.9 BILLION CHINA 8. AVIC $16.9 BILLION CHINA 9. CETC $14.6 BILLION CHINA 10. L3HARRIS $14.1 BILLION USA Note: Table made from line graph. * Gen. John "Mike" Murray, commanding general of Army Futures Command, retired in December after nearly 39 years of service. Murray played a vital role in conceptualizing and launching Army Futures Command, which was established in 2018.

Leonardo DRS Inc. named Dr. Philip Perconti as the company's chief technology officer. Most recently he served as the deputy assistant secretary of the Army for research and technology/Army chief scientist with oversight of the service-wide science and technology enterprise.

Pratt & Whitney appointed Graham Webb to the newly created position of chief sustainability officer. He will coordinate the execution of the company's sustainable propulsion technology roadmap and strategy.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies hired Dr. Cynthia Cook, formerly a senior management scientist at the RAND Corp., as senior fellow and director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group.

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro was on hand for the commissioning of the future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The ship is named after the World War...

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