The correct answer is      (B.) Boeing

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ranked India the tenth-largest military spender in 2008. The country is slated to spend between $50 billion and $55 billion on military hardware in the next few years. That's not India's total military budget: That's what it's going to spend on actual weapons systems. Chief among these is a major contract for 126 fighter jets that will be worth a total of about $10 billion.

U.S. weapons manufacturers have an edge: They've already inked deals in India, which is why the best way to profit from India's defense spending is from Boeing, which has sold the country $2.1 billion worth of maritime patrol aircraft.

In recent years, the combination of the global economic downturn and a shift in U.S. defense priorities has put the squeeze on this company. Boeing isn't going to sit still, however. It's going to India to make a $10 billion sale. If Congress or the White House doesn't want to continue the F-22 fighter program, then Boeing will compete for the $3.5 billion in unmanned aircraft in the Department of Defense budget. (To that end, Boeing bought a manufacturer of drones last year.) It is also expanding into other defense-related areas such as cyber-security.

Boeing's recent problems with design flaws in its new 787 commercial plane have rattled the company and have taken Wall Street's focus off defense, where more than 50% of the company's revenue comes from. But the company still has billions in other orders just waiting to be filled -- about five times 2008 sales. So although U.S. defense spending may ebb, the world is still a very dangerous place, and military leaders around the world are keen on protecting their people. The top 20 countries in the table above (see intro above) have $13.4 billion to spend, and you can bet they will spend some with Boeing.

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