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General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is an American aerospace and defense corporation. As of 2019, it was the fifth-largest defense contractor in the United States, and the sixth-largest in the world, by sales.[3] The company ranked No. 92 in the 2019 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.[4] It is headquartered in Reston, Fairfax County, Virginia.[5]
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Company type | Public |
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Industry | Aerospace Defense Shipbuilding |
Founded | February 7, 1899; 125 years ago (1899-02-07) |
Founder | John Philip Holland |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Phebe Novakovic (Chairman and CEO) |
Products | |
Services | |
Revenue | US$39.350 billion (2019)[1] |
US$4.648 billion (2019)[1] | |
US$3.438 billion (2019)[1] | |
Total assets | US$50.258 billion (2019)[1] |
Total equity | US$14.716 billion (2019)[1] |
Number of employees | 104,000 (2020)[2] |
Subsidiaries |
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Website | www |
Formed in 1954 with the merger of submarine manufacturer Electric Boat and aircraft manufacturer Canadair,[6] it evolved through multiple mergers and divestitures and changed markedly in the post–Cold War era of defense consolidation. General Dynamics' former Fort Worth Division, which manufactured the F-16 Fighting Falcon, was sold to the Lockheed Corporation in 1993, but GD re-entered the airframe business in 1999 with its purchase of business jet manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace.[7]