General Dynamics facts for kids

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General Dynamics Corporation
Type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: GD; S&P 100 Component; S&P 500 Component;
Industry	Aerospace; Defense; Shipbuilding
Founded	February 7, 1899; 122 years ago
Founder	John Philip Holland
Headquarters	West Falls Church, Virginia , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Phebe Novakovic; (Chairman and CEO)
Products	Business jets; Combat vehicles; Fighter jets; Weapon systems; Autocannons and rotary cannons; Munitions; Watercraft, Submarines; Communications systems, command and control, & IT systems;
Revenue	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)
Number of 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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