Overview
General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company whose businesses span business aviation, military platforms and weapons, shipbuilding, and technology and mission services. Its four segments are Aerospace, including Gulfstream aircraft and Jet Aviation services [1][2]; Marine Systems, focused on naval shipbuilding and lifecycle support [3]; Combat Systems, covering combat vehicles, weapons and munitions [4]; and Technologies, providing specialized technology and mission services [5].
The company’s stated ethos emphasizes transparency, trust, alignment and honesty, as well as responsibility to customers, employees, shareholders and communities [6]. In 2025, General Dynamics reported revenue of $52.6 billion and more than 110,000 employees worldwide; its locations span more than 45 countries [7][8]. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Products & services
General Dynamics’ Aerospace products include Gulfstream business jets and Jet Aviation aircraft services. Named aircraft include the G800, G700, G500 and G600, as well as the G400 and G300 in development. The G800 entered service in 2025 and has a stated range of 8,200 nautical miles at Mach 0.85; the G700 features the Symmetry Flight Deck and new engines, while the G500 and G600 incorporate new wings, avionics and fuselages. Jet Aviation offers maintenance, repair and overhaul, aircraft completions and refurbishment, modifications, upgrades, lifecycle support, fixed-base operations and aircraft-on-ground services.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Marine Systems designs and builds Virginia-class attack and Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarines, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, John Lewis-class fleet oilers and Expeditionary Sea Base ships, as well as commercial Jones Act vessels. Its services include Navy ship and submarine maintenance, repair, modernization and lifecycle support. The Virginia Payload Module adds an 84-foot hull section with four payload tubes, increasing strike capacity more than threefold.[3][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Combat Systems products include Abrams main battle tanks; Stryker, Canadian LAV, British Ajax, Piranha and ASCOD vehicles; Duro and Eagle tactical vehicles; weapon systems; energetics and munitions; and mobile bridge systems rated for payloads up to 100 tons. Technologies offerings include defense and civilian IT, cloud, cybersecurity, network modernization, application development, high-performance computing, advanced communications, AI/ML, cyber, software, C5 and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services. Mission Systems also provides NSA-certified Type 1 encryption for classified voice, video and data, Bluefin Robotics unmanned undersea vehicles, and mission-processing and security subsystems for aircraft.[4][27][28][5][29][30][31][32]
By segment, FY2025 revenue was $52.550 billion: Aerospace 24.9%, Marine Systems 31.8%, Combat Systems 17.6% and Technologies 25.6%. For the first six months of 2026, revenue was $27.575 billion: Aerospace 24.7%, Marine Systems 32.6%, Combat Systems 16.6% and Technologies 26.1%. These are calculated segment shares of company revenue, not shares attributable to individual products.[33][34] [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][3][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][4][27][28][5][29][30][31][32][33][34]
Geographic presence
General Dynamics’ 2025 revenue was $52.55 billion. Its customer mix was 68% U.S. government, 15% U.S. commercial, 8% non-U.S. government and 9% non-U.S. commercial. The reported non-U.S. government and commercial categories total $9.236 billion; the company does not provide a country-by-country revenue breakdown in the cited disclosures.[35][36] Non-U.S. commercial revenue comes primarily from business-jet exports and worldwide aircraft services; customers outside North America accounted for about 38% of Aerospace aircraft backlog at year-end.[37][38][39]
The company reports operations across numerous U.S. states and international locations. Aerospace sites include U.S. locations in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Texas and Wisconsin, as well as locations in Australia, Mexico, Singapore, Switzerland and the UK. Marine Systems, Combat Systems and Technologies also report U.S. operations, with international sites in Mexico; Austria, Canada, Germany, Spain, Switzerland and the UK; and Canada and the UK, respectively.[40][41][42][43][44] Its shipbuilding and repair footprint includes Electric Boat and Bath Iron Works, and NASSCO ship-repair operations in San Diego, Norfolk, Bremerton and Mayport.[19][23][26]
General Dynamics has approximately 117,000 employees; about 84% are U.S.-based and 16% are international, with employees in more than 65 countries and primary international concentrations in North America and Europe.[45][46][47] [35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][19][23][26][45][46][47]
Business segments
For FY2025, General Dynamics reported four business segments. Aerospace combines Gulfstream business aircraft with Jet Aviation’s aircraft-support network and related services; it generated $13.110 billion, approximately 25.0% of revenue. Marine Systems designs and builds submarines and surface ships and provides maintenance, modernization, and lifecycle support; it generated $16.723 billion, approximately 31.8%. Combat Systems supplies land-combat products and systems, including vehicles, weapons, energetics, and munitions; it generated $9.246 billion, approximately 17.6%. Technologies provides specialized hardware, technology solutions, and mission services to defense, intelligence, government, and international customers; it generated $13.471 billion, approximately 25.6%. Shares are calculated from reported total revenue of $52.550 billion and rounded to one decimal place.[1][3][4][5][33] [1][3][4][5][33]
Company history
General Dynamics traces its industrial roots to Electric Boat, founded in 1899 in Groton, Connecticut. The parent company was incorporated in 1952, and expanded into aircraft the following year by acquiring Convair. In 1954, Electric Boat launched USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine.[48][49][50]
After selling Canadair in 1976, General Dynamics sharply narrowed its portfolio in the early 1990s, retaining principally its military-vehicle and submarine businesses and selling its Fort Worth aircraft business in 1993 and other aerospace and space operations in 1994. It then rebuilt its portfolio through acquisitions including Bath Iron Works in 1995, NASSCO in 1998, and Gulfstream Aerospace in 1999.[49]
The company expanded its aerospace operations by acquiring Jet Aviation in 2008. Phebe N. Novakovic became chairman and chief executive officer in 2013, and in 2018 General Dynamics completed its acquisition of CSRA, which became part of General Dynamics Information Technology.[49][51][52] [48][49][50][51][52]
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