General Dynamics

General Dynamics Corporation
Company typePublic
Industry
Founded1893 (1893) as the Holland Torpedo Boat Company
FounderJohn Philip Holland
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Phebe Novakovic (chairman and CEO)
Products
Services
RevenueIncrease US$42.3 billion (2023)
Increase US$4.25 billion (2023)
Decrease US$3.32 billion (2023)
Total assetsIncrease US$54.8 billion (2023)
Total equityIncrease US$21.3 billion (2023)
Number of employees
111,600 (2023)
Divisions
  • Aerospace
  • Marine Systems
  • Combat Systems
  • Technologies
Subsidiaries
Websitegd.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is an American publicly traded aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Reston, Virginia. As of 2020, it was the fifth-largest defense contractor in the world by arms sales, and fifth largest in the United States by total sales.[2] The company is a Fortune 100 company, and was ranked No. 94 in 2022.[3]

Formed in February 21, 1952 with the merger of submarine manufacturer Electric Boat and aircraft manufacturer Canadair,[4] the corporation today consists of ten subsidiary companies with operations in 45 countries. The company's products include Gulfstream business jets, Virginia and Columbia class nuclear-powered submarines, Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyers, M1 Abrams tanks and Stryker armored fighting vehicles.

In 2022, General Dynamics had worldwide sales of $39.4 billion and a workforce of approximately 106,500 full-time employees.[1] The current chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) is Phebe Novakovic.

  1. ^ a b "General Dynamics Corporation 2023 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 8 February 2024.
  2. ^ "SIPRI Arms Industry Database". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  3. ^ "General Dynamics Company Profile". Fortune. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  4. ^ Robert Trumbull (1975-11-29). "General Dynamics to Sell Candadair; Ottawa Says It Will Acquire Aircraft-Manufacturing Unit for $38 Million". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-08-21.

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