General Dynamics

General Dynamics Corporation
Type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: GD S&P 100 Component S&P 500 Component
Industry	Aerospace Defense Shipbuilding
Founded	21 February 1952
Founder	John Philip Holland
Headquarters	Reston
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Phebe Novakovic (Chairman and CEO)
Products	Business jets Combat vehicles Fighter jets[broken anchor] 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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