1999 Top DoD Ships Contractors
TOTAL PURCHASES $8,856,530,000
| Rank | Parent Company | Amount ($000s) | Market Share |
| 1 | General Dynamics Corp. | $2,765,829 | 31.23% |
| 2 | Newport News Shipbuilding | 1,535,298 | 17.34 |
| 3 | Litton Industries Inc. | 902,529 | 10.19 |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin Corp. | 541,115 | 6.11 |
| 5 | Westinghouse Electric Corp. | 530,001 | 5.98 |
| 6 | Avondale Industries Inc. | 400,920 | 4.53 |
| 7 | Nassco Holdings Inc. | 255,266 | 2.88 |
| 8 | Raytheon Co. | 193,724 | 2.19 |
| 9 | Southwest Marine Inc. | 114,062 | 1.29 |
| 10 | Northrop Grumman Corp. | 106,457 | 1.20 |
| 11 | VSE Corp. | 97,374 | 1.10 |
| 12 | Metro Machine Corp. | 86,508 | 0.98 |
| 13 | Norfolk Shipbuilding Drydock | 76,402 | 0.86 |
| 14 | John J. McMullen Associates Inc. | 55,204 | 0.62 |
| 15 | General Electric Co. PLC | 42,260 | 0.48 |
| 16 | Continental Maritime Industries | 39,736 | 0.45 |
| 17 | Nichols Research Corp. | 35,069 | 0.40 |
| 18 | Digital Systems International | 32,534 | 0.37 |
| 19 | Marinette Marine Corp. | 32,491 | 0.37 |
| 20 | McDermott Inc. | 31,782 | 0.36 |
Rankings are based on Navy R&D, services and production prime contracts of $25,000 or more.
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