There's no business, like the arms business.
Chief executives of the top 10 U.S. military contractors were paid a total of about $160 million in 2016, according to company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
At the top of the list are the female CEOs of Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics with combined pay of $42 million in 2016.
The Department of Defense requested one of the largest budgets in history with its recent proposal of $686 billion and an additional $30 billion for nondefense agencies including the Department of Energy, which maintains the country's nuclear weapons.
As the top weapons supplier, Lockheed Martin takes the lion's share of Pentagon funds with nearly 90 percent of revenue coming from the federal government.
In short, defense contractors are paid largely with U.S. taxpayer dollars.
Below is a list of defense industry giants and how much leaders of these companies made.
Companies are ordered by revenue.
10. Darius Adamczyk, Honeywell
2017 total compensation: about $16.5 million
Base salary: $1.4 million
Stock awards: $5.3 million
Option awards: $3.6 million
Incentive plan compensation: $5.7 million
Pension earnings: $307,401
Other compensation: $204,737
2016 total compensation: about $10.3 million
Base salary: $1.1 million
Bonus: $1.5 million
Stock awards: $3.3 million
Option awards: $3.9 million
Pension earnings: $349,933
Other compensation: $95,888
9. Scott Donnelly, Textron
2017 total compensation: about $14.8 million
Base salary: $1.2 million
Stock awards: $6.7 million
Option awards: $3 million
Incentive plan compensation: $2.2 million
Pension earnings: $1.7 million
Other compensation: $112,957
2016 total compensation: about $12.7 million
Base salary: $1.1 million
Stock awards: $6.1 million
Option awards: $2.5 million
Incentive plan compensation: $1.6 million
Pension earnings: $1.3 million
Other compensation: $83,236
2015 total compensation: about $12.4 million
Base salary: $1.2 million
Stock awards: $6.4 million
Option awards: $2.7 million
Incentive plan compensation: $1.8 million
Pension earnings: $237,150
Other compensation: $80,689
8. C. Michael Petters, Huntington Ingalls Industries
2016 total compensation: about $7.2 million
Base salary: $328,847
Stock awards: $3.8 million
Incentive plan compensation: $2 million
Pension earnings: $1 million
Other compensation: $57,983
2015 total compensation: about $8.2 million
Base salary: $986,538
Stock awards: $3.8 million
Incentive plan compensation: $2.1 million
Pension earnings: $1.2 million
Other compensation: $50,483
2014 total compensation: about $13.5 million
Base salary: $950,000
Stock awards: $3.8 million
Incentive plan compensation: $1.8 million
Pension earnings: $6.9 million
Other compensation: $50,580
7. Gregory Hayes, United Technologies
2016 total compensation: about $15.8 million
Base salary: $1.5 million
Bonus: $3 million
Stock awards: $5 million
Option awards: $3.7 million
Pension earnings: $2.4 million
Other compensation: $321,842
2015 total compensation: about $10.8 million
Base salary: $1.3 million
Bonus: $850,000
Stock awards: $4.8 million
Option awards: $3.3 million
Pension earnings: $230,673
Other compensation: $354,502
2014 total compensation: about $9 million
Base salary: $949,583
Bonus: $1.6 million
Stock awards: $2.3 million
Option awards: $2 million
Incentive plan compensation: $54,280
Pension earnings: $1.8 million
Other compensation: $193,910
6. Michael Strianese, L3 Technologies
2016 total compensation: about $15.2 million
Base salary: $1.4 million
Stock awards: $5 million
Option awards: $3 million
Incentive plan compensation: $3.5 million
Pension earnings: $2.2 million
Other compensation: $113,250
2015 total compensation: about $10.6 million
Base salary: $1.4 million
Stock awards: $5 million
Option awards: $3 million
Incentive plan compensation: $951,800
Pension earnings: $180,986
Other compensation: $102,304
2014 total compensation: about $14.8 million
Base salary: $1.4 million
Stock awards: $5 million
Option awards: $3 million
Incentive plan compensation: $731,600
Pension earnings: $4.6 million
Other compensation: $100,496
5. Phebe Novakovic, General Dynamics
2016 total compensation: about $21.4 million
Base salary: $1.6 million
Stock awards: $7.1 million
Option awards: $7.1 million
Incentive plan compensation: $5.2 million
Pension earnings: $155,239
Other compensation: $310,948
2015 total compensation: about $20.4 million
Base salary: $1.6 million
Bonus: $4.9 million
Stock awards: $6.9 million
Option awards: $6.9 million
Other compensation: $278,306
2014 total compensation: about $19.4 million
Base salary: $1.6 million
Bonus: $4.3 million
Stock awards: $6.5 million
Option awards: $6.5 million
Pension earnings: $394,888
Other compensation: $258,417
4. Wesley Bush, Northrop Grumman
2016 total compensation: about $19.8 million
Base salary: $1.5 million
Stock awards: $10 million
Incentive plan compensation: $4.4 million
Pension earnings: $3 million
Other compensation: $868,625
2015 total compensation: about $15.8 million
Base salary: $1.6 million
Stock awards: $10 million
Incentive plan compensation: $3.3 million
Other compensation: $901,958
2014 total compensation: about $21.8 million
Base salary: $1.5 million
Stock awards: $9 million
Incentive plan compensation: $3.4 million
Pension earnings: $6.9 million
Other compensation: $1 million
3. Thomas Kennedy, Raytheon
2016 total compensation: about $20.5 million
Base salary: $1.3 million
Stock awards: $9.1 million
Incentive plan compensation: $2.9 million
Pension earnings: $ 6.7 million
Other compensation: $416,692
2015 total compensation: about $20.4 million
Base salary: $1.2 million
Stock awards: $8.1 million
Incentive plan compensation: $3 million
Pension earnings: $7.6 million
Other compensation: $406,917
2014 total compensation: about $13.7 million
Base salary: $1.1 million
Stock awards: $7.2 million
Incentive plan compensation: $2.5 million
Pension earnings: $2.6 million
Other compensation: $323,136
2. Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing
2016 total compensation: about $15.1 million
Base salary: $1.6 million
Stock awards: $5.2 million
Incentive plan compensation: $6.4 million
Pension earnings: $956,711
Other compensation: $837,148
2015 total compensation: about $13.2 million
Base salary: $1.4 million
Stock awards: $5.1 million
Incentive plan compensation: $4.6 million
Pension earnings: $1.8 million
Other compensation: $349,449
2014 total compensation: about $11.8 million
Base salary: $1.1 million
Stock awards: $2.5 million
Incentive plan compensation: $4.1 million
Pension earnings: $3.9 million
Other compensation: $152,712
1. Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed Martin
2016 total compensation: about $20.6 million
Base salary: $1.6 million
Stock awards: $9.2 million
Incentive plan compensation: $8.2 million
Pension earnings: $1.2 million
Other compensation: $399,828
2015 total compensation: about $28.6 million
Base salary: $1.6 million
Stock awards: $9 million
Incentive plan compensation: $9.1 million
Pension earnings: $8.4 million
Other compensation: $500,573
2014 total compensation: about $33.7 million
Base salary: $1.5 million
Stock awards: $8.9 million
Incentive plan compensation: $7.1 million
Pension earnings: $15.8 million
Other compensation: $415,055