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General Dynamics manufactures nuclear submarines, main battle tanks, and armoured fighting vehicles, and also produces Gulfstream business jets and information technology services. Its product lines include the M1 Abrams tank, the Stryker and LAV III armored vehicles, and the Phalanx close-in weapon system.
General Dynamics was formed in 1952 through the merger of the submarine builder Electric Boat and the aircraft maker Canadair. The combined company took the name General Dynamics on the 29th of April 1954, after Electric Boat also merged with Convair.
Phebe Novakovic serves as General Dynamics's chairman and chief executive officer. On the 30th of January 2019, she told investors that a Saudi Arabian payment dispute had significantly hurt the company's cash flow.
In 2024-69 percent of General Dynamics's revenue came from the U.S. federal government. Another 14 percent came from U.S. commercial customers, 10 percent from non-U.S. governments, and 7 percent from non-U.S. commercial customers.
General Dynamics is the only U.S. company that manufactures the metal bodies of the MK-80 series of bombs, the primary weapon type used in Israel's campaign in Gaza. Its arms sales to Israel have drawn protests at company facilities in the United States, and the MK-84 munition in that series has vaporized 2,842 civilians in Gaza.
General Dynamics's F-16 Fighting Falcon program eventually totaled more than 4,600 aircraft orders, making it the company's largest aircraft program. The YF-16 prototype first flew in January 1974, and the F-16 entered production in January 1975.