General Dynamics

General Dynamics Corporation
Company typePublic
IndustryAerospace
Defense
Shipbuilding
FoundedFebruary 7, 1899; 125 years ago (1899-02-07)
FounderJohn Philip Holland
Headquarters
West Falls Church, Virginia
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Phebe Novakovic
(Chairman and CEO)
Products
RevenueIncrease US$36.19 billion (2018)[1]
Increase US$4.45 billion (2018)[1]
Increase US$3.34 billion (2018)[1]
Total assetsIncrease US$45.40 billion (2018)[1]
Total equityIncrease US$11.73 billion (2018)[1]
Number of employees
105,600 (December 2018)[1]
Websitewww.gd.com

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.[2] The company is number 92 in the 2019 Fortune 500 list of the biggest United States corporations by total revenue.[3] It is headquartered in West Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "General Dynamics Corporation 2018 Annual Report (Form 10-K)" (PDF). sec.gov. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Top 10 Defense Contractors in the World". CNBC, 2019-01-10, accessed 2019-07-03.
  3. ↑ "Fortune 500 Companies 2019". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  4. ↑ "Business Units Archived 2015-09-09 at the Wayback Machine." General Dynamics. Retrieved on September 7, 2011. "Corporate Headquarters General Dynamics 2941 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 100; Falls Church, Virginia 22042-4513"
  5. ↑ "Jefferson CDP, Virginia[permanent dead link]." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on September 6, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Company Locations Archived 2013-01-20 at the Wayback Machine." Northrop Grumman. Retrieved: September 6, 2011.