(Fortune) -- Boeing (Charts) ranks no. 91 on FORTUNE's Global 500 this year, with $54.8 billion in revenues, up 4.4% from the previous year. The Chicago, Illinois-based company was ranked no. 76 on the 2005 list. Its 2005 profits were $2.6 billion, up 37.4% from a year earlier. 2005 was a banner year for most Global 500 companies.

It took $13.7 billion in revenue just to make this year's list - up from $12.4 billion last year. And profits for the 500 companies jumped 30%. Total revenues for the Global 500 in 2006 add up to $18.9 trillion, a third of the world's GDP. In the Aerospace and Defense industry, profits were up 29.2% from the previous year.

The world's biggest companies in the sector are: United Technologies (Charts), ranked no. 126 on the Global 500 with $42.7 billion in revenues; and Lockheed Martin (Charts), ranked no. 150 on the Global 500 with $37.2 billion in revenues; and Northrop Grumman (Charts), ranked no. 190 on the Global 500 with $30.7 billion in revenues; and Honeywell International (Charts) ranked no. 200 on the Global 500 with $28.9 billion in revenues.

The Global 500 list is an annual ranking of the world's largest corporations by revenues.

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