The Surprising State Behind the US Army’s Deadliest Weapons

It won't come as much of a surprise to learn that arming the United States military is a Herculean effort. This includes the work of citizens of nearly all 50 states, with many states hosting large numbers of companies that play big roles in ensuring the American military-industrial complex is well prepared for any needs that may arise as one of the world's leading powers.

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 1 (tied)
• Notable contractors: TrellisWare
• Associated weapons systems: Integrated Tactical Network and Man-portable Radiological Detection System

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 1 (tied)
• Notable contractors: General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems
• Associated weapons systems: Ammunition — Medium and Large Caliber, Small Arms — Crew Served Weapons, and Next Generation Squad Weapons

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 1 (tied)
• Notable contractors: Stark
• Associated weapons systems: Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 1 (tied)
• Notable contractors: McAlester Army Ammunition Plant
• Associated weapons systems: Ammunition — Medium Caliber

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 1 (tied)
• Notable contractors: Textron
• Associated weapons systems: Next Generation Squad Weapons, Guardrail Common Sensor, Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 2 (tied)
• Notable contractors: Sierra Nevada Corporation and U.S. Ordnance
• Associated weapons systems: Integrated Tactical Network, Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System, and Small Arms -- Crew Served Weapons

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 2 (tied)
• Notable contractors: Raytheon Missiles & Defense and Wildflower International
• Associated weapons systems: Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program, Improved Target Acquisition System, and Patriot Advanced Capability

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 3 (tied)
• Notable contractors: Danbury Mission Technologies, Goodrich, and Sikorsky
• Associated weapons systems: Aircraft Survivability Equipment, Chinook, Black Hawk Utility Helicopter, Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, and Future Long Range Assault Aircraft

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 3 (tied)
• Notable contractors: American Ordnance, Collins Aerospace, and Rockwell Collins
• Associated weapons systems: Artillery Ammunition, Mortar Weapon System, Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System, and Chinook

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 3 (tied)
• Notable contractors: Day & Zimmermann, Leading Technology Composites, and Textron Aviation
• Associated weapons systems: Artillery Ammunition, Mortar Weapon System, Soldier Protection System, and Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 3 (tied)
• Notable contractors: Daimler Trucks North America, Pacific Star Communications, and Vigor Works
• Associated weapons systems: Line Haul Tractor, Tactical Network Transport, Unified Network Operations, and Army Watercraft Systems

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 3 (tied)
• Notable contractors: Galvion and General Dynamics
• Associated weapons systems: Soldier Protection System, Integrated Tactical Network, Mortar Weapons Systems, and Signal Modernization

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 4 (tied)
• Notable contractors: Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass, Conco, Fibrotex USA, and FLIR
• Associated weapons systems: Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, Hydra Rocket Systems, and Ultra Lightweight Camouflage Net System

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 4 (tied)
• Notable contractors: Cummins Power Generation, Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, and Orbital Alliant Techsystems
• Associated weapons systems: Tactical Electric Power, Defense Enterprise Wideband SATCOM System, and Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 4 (tied)
• Notable contractors: Accurate Energetic, BAE Systems, and Barrett Firearms Manufacturing
• Associated weapons systems: Precision Weapons -- Individual Weapons, Lightweight Towed Howitzer, Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, and Joint Battle Command-Platform

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 5 (tied)
• Notable contractors: Aerojet Rocketdyne, Lockheed Martin, and Spectra
• Associated weapons systems: Stinger Block I with Proximity Fuze, Javelin Close Combat Missile System, and Artillery Ammunition

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 5 (tied)
• Notable contractors: Asynchrony Labs, DRS Sustainment Systems, Leonardo DRS, and Northrop Grumman
• Associated weapons systems: Man-portable Radiological Detection System, Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense, and Joint Battle Command-Platform

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 5 (tied)
• Notable contractors: BAE Systems, L3Harris, L3Warrior, Optics 1, and Sig Sauer
• Associated weapons systems: Artillery Ammunition, Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, Transportable Tactical Command Communications, and Enhanced Night Vision Goggles

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 5 (tied)
• Notable contractors: Berg, Fluke Corp., InBios International, Microsoft, and Oshkosh Defense
• Associated weapons systems: Force Provider Expeditionary, Calibration Sets, Warfighter Protection and Acute Care, and Tactical Network Transport

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 5 (tied)
• Notable contractors: AMTEC Corp., Case New Holland, Oshkosh, and Vortex Optics
• Associated weapons systems: Artillery Ammunition, High Mobility Engineer Excavator Type I and Type III, Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, and Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 6 (tied)
• Notable contractors: Birdon America, GPS Source, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman
• Associated weapons systems: Military Bridging Systems, Mounted Assured Positioning Navigation and Timing System, and Precision Strike Missile

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 6 (tied)
• Notable contractors: Critical Solutions International, Fabrique National Manufacturing, Sius Target Systems, and Steven Aerospace and Defense Systems
• Associated weapons systems: Future Army System of Integrated Targets, Small Arms -- Crew Served Weapons, and Mine Protection Vehicle Family

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 6 (tied)
• Notable contractors: BioFire Defense, L3 Communications, L3 Harris, and Visionary Products
• Associated weapons systems: Radiological Detection System, Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Medical, and Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 7
• Notable contractors: AM General, Cummins, Flexible Concepts, and Raytheon
• Associated weapons systems: High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, Bradley Fighting Vehicle, Mortar Weapon Systems, Improved Target Acquisition System

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 8 (tied)
• Notable contractors: General Dynamics, Honeywell, L3, and Raytheon
• Associated weapons systems: Hydra Rocket Systems, Military Bridging Systems, Abrams Main Battle Tank, Artillery Ammunition, and Patriot Advanced Capability

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 8 (tied)
• Notable contractors: 4K Solutions, Gulfstream, Janus Research Group, and JCB
• Associated weapons systems: Integrated Tactical Network, Fixed Wing, Phoenix E-Model Ground Satellite Terminal, and Tactical Network Transport

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 9 (tied)
• Notable contractors: BAE Systems, Detroit Diesel, General Motors Defense, Globe Tech, & L3Harris
• Associated weapons systems: Artillery Ammunition, Line Haul Tractor, and Infantry Squad Vehicle

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 9 (tied)
• Notable contractors: Daimler Trucks North America, Honeywell, Red Hat, and PPD
• Associated weapons systems: Line Haul Tractor, Abrams Main Battle Tank, Lightweight Towed Howitzer, and Distributed Common Ground System

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 9 (tied)
• Notable contractors: AlphaMicron, BAE Systems, HDT Global, L3Harris, and TenCate Advanced Armour
• Associated weapons systems: Soldier Protection System, Aircraft Survivability Equipment, Force Provided Expeditionary, and Signal Modernization

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 10
• Notable contractors: Acrow, Booz Allen Hamilton, L3Harris, and Perspecta Labs
• Associated weapons systems: Military Bridging Systems, Command Hardware Systems, Unified Command Suite, and Unified Network Operations

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 12 (tied)
• Notable contractors: Boeing, Caterpillar, General Dynamics, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon
• Associated weapons systems: Apache Attack Helicopter, Avenger Air Defense System, Medium Dozer, Motor Grader, and Unified Command Suite

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 12 (tied)
• Notable contractors: General Dynamics, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and SimSpace
• Associated weapons systems: Black Hawk Utility Helicopter, Apache Attack Helicopter, Patriot Advanced Capability, Precision Strike Missile, and Hellfire Family of Missile

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 12 (tied)
• Notable contractors: Buffalo Turbine, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Remington Arms Co., and Watervliet Arsenal
• Associated weapons systems: Mine-Protection Vehicle Family, Distributed Cmmon Ground System, Precision Weapons -- Individual Weapons, and Guardrail Common Sensor

Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 13
Notable contractors: Action Manufacturing, Boeing, General Dynamics, Letterkenny Army Depot, and Lifelens
Associated weapons systems: Force Provider Expeditionary, Warfighter Health Performance and Evacuation, Artillery Ammunition, and Hydra Rocket Systems

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 24
• Notable contractors: Airbus Helicopter, Dell, King Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and Ultra Electronics
• Associated weapons systems: Lakota -- Light Utility Helicopter, Fixed Wing, Distributed Common Ground System, and Air and Missile Defense Planning and Control System

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 26
• Notable contractors: BAE Systems, Boeing, and Northrop Grumman
• Associated weapons systems: Bradley Fighting Vehicle, Apache Attack Helicopter, and Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 39
• Notable contractors: Booz Allen Hamilton, Cellphire, Lockheed Martin, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, and Sierra Nevada Corporation
• Associated weapons systems: Common Hardware Systems, Unified Command Suite, Warfighter Protection and Acute Care, Apache Attack Helicopter, and Joint Air-to-Ground Missile

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 43
• Notable contractors: Blue Sky, Honeywell, Hoverfly, Longbow, Phoenix Defense, and Raytheon
• Associated weapons systems: Signal Modernization, Abrams Main Battle Tank, Integrated Tactical Network, Apache Attack Helicopter, and Joint Land Component Constructive Training Capability

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 44
• Notable contractors: Cisco Systems, L3, Oracle, Palantir, and Raytheon
• Associated weapons systems: Signal Modernization, Mortar Weapon Systems, Distributed Common Ground System, and Army Vantage

• Number of US Army contractors operating in the state: 53
• Notable contractors: Bowhead, Collins Aerospace, Eagle Industries, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon
• Associated weapons systems: Common Hardware Systems, Joint Battle Command-Platform, Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer, and Soldier Protection System