AEROSPACE & DEFENSE
Major OEMs & Defense Contractors
World’s Most Productive Companies
Major OEMs & Defense Contractors
Major OEMs and Defense Contractors are the large airframe and business-jet builders and prime defense contractors. Productivity here turns on program execution, ramp discipline, and supply chain stability across long, complex production cycles.
The group was about flat in 2025, sitting near its 2019 baseline. Bombardier and Embraer led as World’s Most Productive Companies. Gains were concentrated in the leaders, with most of the group giving back ground.
Major OEMs & Defense Contractors World's Most Productive Companies
Productivity Snapshot
- Major OEMs & Defense Contractors ranks third of four Aerospace and Defense peer groups in 2025, at an Industrial Productivity Index of 1.01, near its 2019 baseline.
- 1 of 12 companies grew productivity in 2025.
- They are the group’s World’s Most Productive Companies: Bombardier (1.11), Embraer (1.08).
- Most of the group held roughly flat in 2025 as production ramps and supply chains stabilized, with results clustered near the 2019 baseline.
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