Lancashire defence giant BAE Systems is the world’s number one supplier of arms, according to a survey.
It is the first time a non-American company has topped the research, compiled by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
BAE replaced last year’s number one, US firm Boeing.
BAE part-manufactures the F35 Joint Strike Fighter and the Eurofighter Typhoon, two of the world’s leading fighter jets, at its Samlesbury plant, which employs 6,000.
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