General Dynamics

General Dynamics Corporation
	The headquarters of General Dynamics in February 2021
Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: GD; S&P 100 component; S&P 500 component;
Industry	Arms industry; Shipbuilding;
Founded	1893 as the Holland Torpedo Boat Company
Founder	John Philip Holland
Headquarters	Reston, Virginia, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Phebe Novakovic (chairman and CEO)
Products	Aircraft flight control system; Auxiliary ships; Business jets; Combat vehicles; Communications systems; IT systems; Jones Act ships; Ammunition; Nuclear submarine; Stealth ships; Tanks; Vision Systems; Watercraft; Weapon systems;
Services	Artificial intelligence; Charter Services; Command and control; Cybersecurity; Fixed-base operator (FBO); Intelligence services; IT; IT service management; Maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO); Naval design; Shipbuilding; Ship repair; Software development;
Revenue	US$47.7 billion (2024)
Operating income	US$4.79 billion (2024)
Net income	US$3.78 billion (2024)
Total assets	US$55.9 billion (2024)
Total equity	US$22.1 billion (2024)
Number of employees	117,000 (2024)
Divisions	Aerospace; Marine Systems; Combat Systems; Technologies;
Subsidiaries	Bath Iron Works; Electric Boat; General Dynamics Information Technology; General Dynamics Land Systems; General Dynamics Mission Systems; General Dynamics UK; Gulfstream; Jet Aviation; MOWAG; NASSCO;
Website	gd.com
	Footnotes / references;

General Dynamics Corporation (GD), headquartered in Reston, Virginia, is a producer of nuclear submarines, main battle tanks, and armoured fighting vehicles and is also the manufacturer of the Gulfstream G650/G700/G800 business jets and a provider of information technology services. The company is the 3rd largest of the top 100 contractors of the U.S. federal government; it receives over 3% of total spending by the Federal government of the United States on contractors.^[2]

The company is ranked 96th on the Fortune 100^[3] and 242nd on the Forbes Global 2000.^[4] In 2024, 69% of revenue was from the Federal government of the United States, 14% was from U.S. commercial customers, 10% was from non-U.S. government customers and 7% was from non-U.S. commercial customers.^[1]

The company was formed in 1952 via the merger of submarine manufacturer Electric Boat and aircraft manufacturer Canadair.^[5]