General Dynamics facts for kids

General Dynamics Corporation
Type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: GD; S&P 100 Component; S&P 500 Component;
Industry	Aerospace; Defense; Shipbuilding
When it was created	February 7, 1899; 121 years ago
People who started it	John Philip Holland
Headquarters	West Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Phebe Novakovic; (Chairman and CEO)
Things made	Business jets; Combat vehicles; Fighter jets; Weapon systems; Autocannons and rotary cannons; Munitions; Watercraft, Submarines; Communications systems, command and control, & IT systems;
Money earned	US$36.19 billion (2018)
Operating income	US$4.45 billion (2018)
Net income	US$3.34 billion (2018)
Total assets	US$45.40 billion (2018)
Total equity	US$11.73 billion (2018)
Employees	105,600 (December 2018)

General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is an American aerospace and defense multinational corporation. They were created by mergers and divestitures. As of 2019, it was the fifth-largest defense contractor in the United States, and the sixth-largest in the world, by sales. The company is number 92 in the 2019 Fortune 500 list of the biggest United States corporations by total revenue. It is headquartered in West Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia.

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Poster by Erik Nitsche from 1960
In 1999 the company acquired Gulfstream Aerospace. Here, a Gulfstream G650 departs Bristol Airport, England in 2014.
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