General Dynamics
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]
Company type
1893 as the Holland Torpedo Boat Company
Worldwide
Phebe Novakovic (chairman and CEO)
US$42.3 billion (2023)
US$4.25 billion (2023)
US$3.32 billion (2023)
US$54.8 billion (2023)
US$21.3 billion (2023)
111,600 (2023)
- Aerospace
- Marine Systems
- Combat Systems
- Technologies
- 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
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.