General Dynamics

General Dynamics Corporation is an American aerospace and defense company headquartered in Reston, Virginia. The modern corporation was formed in 1952 through the merger of submarine builder Electric Boat and aircraft manufacturer Canadair, and its lineage traces back further through predecessor firms including the Holland Torpedo Boat Company. General Dynamics organizes its business into four segments: Aerospace, which produces Gulfstream business jets; Marine Systems, which builds nuclear-powered submarines and surface ships through Electric Boat and National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO); Combat Systems, which manufactures wheeled and tracked combat vehicles, artillery, and munitions through General Dynamics Land Systems and related units; and Technologies, which delivers communications systems, command-and-control systems, and IT services through General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) and General Dynamics Mission Systems.

Within its Combat Systems segment, General Dynamics Land Systems has developed unmanned and robotic ground vehicle platforms, including the Multi-Utility Tactical Transport (MUTT), an unmanned ground vehicle that has undergone trials with the U.S. military, and the Tracked Robot 10-Ton (TRX), a robotic combat vehicle platform developed for potential integration into future armored formations. These programs sit alongside the company's long-standing manned vehicle lines, such as the Abrams tank and Stryker family of vehicles, reflecting a shift toward incorporating autonomous and remotely operated systems into ground combat capability.

As of a company disclosure covering January 2021, General Dynamics employed more than 100,000 full-time staff, with roughly 84,000 based in the United States and about 16,000 across more than 70 other countries. The company describes itself as providing products and services aimed at safety and security for government and commercial customers worldwide, and it has been named as a key participant in a $10 billion defense-sector investment announcement in Pennsylvania in 2026, underscoring its continued role in U.S. defense-industrial expansion. General Dynamics is publicly traded and ranks among the largest defense contractors globally, with a business mix spanning manned and unmanned military vehicles, submarines, business aviation, and government IT and communications services. Its diversified structure allows it to serve customers ranging from the U.S. Department of Defense and allied militaries to corporate and private buyers of Gulfstream aircraft, giving it exposure to both defense procurement cycles and commercial aerospace demand.