Manufacturer catalog

General Dynamics

General Dynamics is a U.S. aerospace and defense company whose current operating segments cover Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. In this catalog the parent profile connects catalog entries built by General Dynamics units, including submarines, surface combatants, armored vehicles, munitions, and legacy aircraft programs.

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General Dynamics says it was incorporated in 1952 as the parent of Electric Boat and Canadair. Its own history describes an early portfolio of tanks, rockets, missiles, submarines, warships, fighters, and electronics, followed by major divestitures in the early 1990s and a later rebuild through acquisitions such as Bath Iron Works, NASSCO, Gulfstream, combat-vehicle businesses, and IT services.

The company's 2025 Form 10-K describes 10 business units organized into four segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. The catalog-relevant defense segments include Electric Boat, Bath Iron Works, NASSCO, Land Systems, European Land Systems, Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Mission Systems, and GDIT.

For the built-by catalog page, General Dynamics is the umbrella builder facet for parent-level and unit-level entries. It helps readers understand why one manufacturer page can touch the F-16 legacy, Abrams and Piranha armored vehicles, Arleigh Burke destroyers, Ohio and Columbia submarines, Mk 80-series bomb bodies, 155 mm artillery ammunition, and other systems without implying a single factory or business unit built all of them.

Aerospace and business aviationCombat vehiclesNaval shipbuildingSubmarine constructionDefense electronics and C4ISRMunitions and ordnance

Notable Systems

M1 Abrams, Main battle tank, Tanks

M1 Abrams

Main battle tank

General Dynamics Land Systems identifies Abrams tanks as a core deliverable in its combat-vehicle portfolio.

Sources: General Dynamics Combat Systems, GDLS Abrams Tanks to Poland
MOWAG Piranha, Wheeled armored personnel carrier family, Armored Vehicles

Stryker

Wheeled armored personnel carrier family

General Dynamics Land Systems describes Stryker as one of the military vehicles it delivers and supports for the U.S. Army.

Sources: General Dynamics Combat Systems, GDLS Stryker DVHA1 Order
Columbia-class submarine, Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, Naval Systems

Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine

Electric Boat is the prime contractor on the Columbia program, which the company says will replace the aging Ohio class of ballistic missile submarines.

Sources: GD Electric Boat Columbia-class
MOWAG Piranha, Wheeled armored personnel carrier family, Armored Vehicles

MOWAG Piranha

Wheeled armored personnel carrier family

General Dynamics European Land Systems presents PIRANHA as a long-running wheeled armored vehicle family with 6x6, 8x8, and 10x10 configurations and more than 12,000 vehicles in operation.

Sources: GDELS PIRANHA

Mk 80-series bomb bodies and artillery ammunition

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems lists munitions, artillery ammunition, bomb bodies, missile subsystems, and energetics among its product areas, tying the parent profile to cataloged Mk 82 and 155 mm ammunition entries.

Sources: GDOTS Home, U.S. Army GD-OTS Garland

Manufacturer History

  1. General Dynamics is incorporated

    General Dynamics says it was incorporated in 1952 and built its early identity around tanks, rockets, missiles, submarines, warships, fighters, and electronics.

    Sources: General Dynamics History

  2. Bath Iron Works is acquired

    General Dynamics' history page records the 1995 acquisition of Bath Iron Works, extending the company's shipbuilding footprint.

    Sources: General Dynamics History

  3. NASSCO joins the company

    General Dynamics lists the 1998 acquisition of NASSCO among the events that expanded its Marine Systems shipbuilding and repair base.

    Sources: General Dynamics History

  4. Gulfstream Aerospace is acquired

    General Dynamics' history page records the 1999 acquisition of Gulfstream Aerospace, adding a major business-aviation line to the company portfolio.

    Sources: General Dynamics History

  5. MOWAG is acquired

    General Dynamics' history page records the 2004 acquisition of Swiss vehicle maker MOWAG as part of General Dynamics European Land Systems, relevant to the catalog's Piranha vehicle entry.

    Sources: General Dynamics History

  6. Electric Boat wins Columbia-class work

    General Dynamics Electric Boat announced a Navy contract for Columbia-class submarines and said the program would replace the aging Ohio class.

    Sources: GD Electric Boat Columbia-class

  7. GDLS wins latest Abrams production contract

    General Dynamics Land Systems announced a $4.6 billion contract to produce M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams main battle tanks for the U.S. Army.

    Sources: GDLS Abrams SEPv3 Contract

Subsidiaries
General Dynamics Electric BoatGeneral Dynamics Bath Iron WorksGeneral Dynamics NASSCOGeneral Dynamics Land SystemsGeneral Dynamics European Land SystemsGeneral Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical SystemsGeneral Dynamics Mission SystemsGeneral Dynamics Information TechnologyGulfstream Aerospace
Website links
Official websiteAbout GDOur BusinessesOur HistoryFAQsInvestor RelationsContact GDMedia Gallery2025 Form 10-K

General Dynamics is a large, diversified public defense conglomerate, so this profile emphasizes catalog-relevant business groups and product families rather than trying to enumerate every subsidiary. Parent-company sourcing is used for business structure and history; unit pages and government sources are used where they better support specific catalog-relevant systems.

Manufacturer Sources

  • General Dynamics HomePublisher: General Dynamics | Note: Supports General Dynamics' current identity as a global aerospace and defense company and its broad product mix across aviation, combat vehicles, submarines, and communications systems. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • About GDPublisher: General Dynamics | Note: Supports the company's four business groups - Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies - that anchor the builder profile's focus fields. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • General Dynamics HistoryPublisher: General Dynamics | Note: Supports the 1952 formation context, the company's early tank-rocket-submarine-warship-fighter history, the early-1990s divestiture context, and the acquisitions of Chrysler Defense, Bath Iron Works, NASSCO, Gulfstream Aerospace, and MOWAG. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • General Dynamics FAQsPublisher: General Dynamics | Note: Supports the Reston, Virginia corporate headquarters location and current global operating footprint. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • General Dynamics Investor RelationsPublisher: General Dynamics | Note: Supports the public-company context and NYSE: GD ownership framing used in the profile. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • Our BusinessesPublisher: General Dynamics | Note: Supports the current business-group framing and identifies major General Dynamics units under Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • Combat SystemsPublisher: General Dynamics | Note: Supports General Dynamics Land Systems' Abrams and Stryker vehicle portfolio and Ordnance and Tactical Systems' weapons-systems role. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • GDLS Abrams Tanks to PolandPublisher: General Dynamics | Note: Supports General Dynamics Land Systems' Abrams production role and the company's continued Abrams tank manufacturing context. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • GDLS Abrams SEPv3 ContractPublisher: General Dynamics | Note: Supports General Dynamics Land Systems' M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams production contract for the U.S. Army. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • GDLS Stryker DVHA1 OrderPublisher: General Dynamics | Note: Supports General Dynamics Land Systems' Stryker production and sustainment role. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • GD Bath Iron Works DDG-51 DestroyersPublisher: General Dynamics | Note: Supports General Dynamics Bath Iron Works' construction of Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • GD Electric Boat Columbia-classPublisher: General Dynamics | Note: Supports General Dynamics Electric Boat's submarine-construction role and the Columbia program's replacement of the Ohio class. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • General Dynamics Media GalleryPublisher: General Dynamics | Note: Supports official media-gallery context for General Dynamics product and corporate imagery. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • Wikimedia Commons GDELS-MOWAG buildingPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and reuse terms for the General Dynamics European Land Systems-MOWAG building photograph in Kreuzlingen; the file is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • General Dynamics 2025 Form 10-KPublisher: General Dynamics | Note: Supports the current segment structure, 10-business-unit framing, major business-unit list, public-company context, and 2025 revenue/backlog context used to describe the parent profile. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • GDELS PIRANHAPublisher: General Dynamics European Land Systems | Note: Supports the PIRANHA vehicle family description, configurations, operating fleet scale, and General Dynamics European Land Systems product context. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • GDOTS HomePublisher: General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems | Note: Supports the Ordnance and Tactical Systems relationship to General Dynamics and its munitions, armaments, bomb-body, artillery-ammunition, missile-subsystem, and energetics product areas. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • U.S. Army GD-OTS GarlandPublisher: U.S. Army | Note: Supports GD-OTS Garland's MK-80 series bomb-body production context and its connection to General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems. | Accessed: 2026-07-01

Produced weapons

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Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Gulfstream G550 Nachshon Eitam, Airborne early warning and control aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs2023 Israel-Hamas War, 2025 Israel-Iran ConflictGulfstream G550 Nachshon EitamAirborne early warning and control aircraftBuilt in: Israel / United StatesThe Gulfstream G550 Nachshon Eitam is Israel's conformal airborne early warning and control version of the G550 business jet, modified by Israel Aerospace Industries and ELTA with the EL/W-2085 AESA radar and mission systems. Operated by Israeli Air Force 122 Squadron, it provides airborne surveillance, battle management, and command-and-control support for air defense and long-range strike operations, including documented use during Iron Swords and the 2025 Israel-Iran conflict.
Gulfstream G550 Nachshon Oron, Multi-mission intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs2023 Israel-Hamas War, 2025 Israel-Iran ConflictGulfstream G550 Nachshon OronMulti-mission intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance aircraftBuilt in: Israel / United StatesThe Gulfstream G550 Nachshon Oron is an Israeli special-mission aircraft that adapts a U.S.-built Gulfstream G550 business jet with IAI/ELTA radar, electro-optical, SIGINT, C4I, and AI-assisted processing systems. Operated by Israeli Air Force 122 Squadron, it gives Israel a business-jet-based wide-area surveillance and target-generation platform documented in wartime support roles over Gaza and during Israel's 2025 operations against Iran.
Gulfstream G500 Nachshon Shavit, Signals-intelligence and electronic-reconnaissance aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs2006 Lebanon War, 2023 Israel-Hamas War +1 moreGulfstream G500 Nachshon ShavitSignals-intelligence and electronic-reconnaissance aircraftBuilt in: Israel / United StatesThe Gulfstream G500 Nachshon Shavit is Israel's Gulfstream V/G500-based special electronic missions aircraft, converted for Israeli Air Force 122 Squadron with IAI/ELTA mission systems for signals intelligence, electronic reconnaissance, and long-range ISR support. Official IAI material describes Shavit as the Nachshon fleet's SIGINT aircraft for monitoring the electromagnetic spectrum, while public image and fleet sources identify it as the earlier Gulfstream V/G500 member alongside the G550 Eitam and Oron aircraft.
F-16A MLU, Single-seat F-16A Mid-Life Update multirole fighter, Aircraft & UAVs1999 Kosovo War / Operation Allied Force, 2011 First Libyan Civil War +1 moreF-16A MLUSingle-seat F-16A Mid-Life Update multirole fighterBuilt in: United StatesThe F-16A MLU, commonly designated F-16AM after upgrade, is the single-seat Mid-Life Update branch of early F-16A fleets. The program kept European Participating Air Forces and later export aircraft operational by adding modernized mission systems, APG-66(V)2-class radar improvements, beyond-visual-range air-to-air capability, and precision-strike functions. Public combat records tie F-16AM aircraft to NATO operations over Kosovo and Libya and to the AM/BM MLU aircraft supplied to Ukraine during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.
F-16C Barak, Single-seat multirole fighter aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs2006 Lebanon War, 2023 Israel-Hamas WarF-16C BarakSingle-seat multirole fighter aircraftBuilt in: United States / IsraelThe F-16C Barak is Israel's locally designated single-seat F-16C, combining the U.S.-designed Fighting Falcon airframe with Israeli service modifications and weapons integration. Public sources identify the F-16C Barak 1 fleet as an Israeli Air Force branch delivered from 1986 and retired in 2024, with direct model-specific evidence covering a Python-5 UAV interception in the 2006 Lebanon War and strike sorties during the 2023 Israel-Hamas War.
F-16D Barak, Two-seat multirole fighter aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs2006 Lebanon War, 2025 Israel-Iran ConflictF-16D BarakTwo-seat multirole fighter aircraftBuilt in: United StatesThe F-16D Barak is Israel's two-seat F-16C/D branch, adapted with Israeli avionics, electronic-warfare equipment, a weapon-system-operator back seat, and the distinctive dorsal-spine configuration on many aircraft. Direct open-source conflict evidence is strongest for a 2006 Lebanon War Hezbollah UAV interception by F-16D 074, while later reporting places the wider Israeli F-16 Barak C/D fleet in 2025 long-range strikes against Iran.
F-16BM MLU, Two-seat multirole fighter aircraft upgrade, Aircraft & UAVs1999 Kosovo War / Operation Allied Force, 2011 First Libyan Civil War +2 moreF-16BM MLUTwo-seat multirole fighter aircraft upgradeBuilt in: United StatesThe F-16BM MLU is the two-seat Mid-Life Update version of the F-16B, modernized with F-16C/D-style avionics, radar-guided missile capability, and updated cockpit systems while retaining the basic F-16 airframe. It is relevant as both a combat-capable trainer and an operational multirole fighter; public sources tie the wider F-16AM/BM MLU fleet to Kosovo, Libya, Pakistan's 2019 India-Pakistan air clash, and AM/BM aircraft supplied to Ukraine during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.

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Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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Armored Vehicles

Troop carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and protected mobility.

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Cougar 4x4 MRAP, 4x4 mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle, Armored Vehicles2003 Iraq War, 2001 War in Afghanistan +2 moreCougar 4x4 MRAP4x4 mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicleBuilt in: United StatesThe Cougar 4x4 MRAP is a U.S.-built protected mobility vehicle developed by Force Protection for patrol, convoy, command, route-security, and troop-transport missions against mine and improvised-explosive-device threats. The record distinguishes direct U.S. use in Iraq and Afghanistan from later transfer or inventory evidence in Yemen and Ukraine, where public sources support presence or supply more clearly than detailed tactical employment.
MOWAG Piranha, Wheeled armored personnel carrier family, Armored Vehicles2001 War in Afghanistan, 2003 Iraq War +2 moreMOWAG PiranhaWheeled armored personnel carrier familyBuilt in: SwitzerlandThe MOWAG Piranha is a Swiss family of wheeled armored vehicles built around modular 6x6, 8x8, and 10x10 chassis for troop transport, reconnaissance, command, engineering, mortar, air-defense, and other mission fits. GDELS traces the family from the 1972 Piranha I through later Piranha II, III, and 5 generations; in the 2009 Boko Haram Insurgency, Swiss reporting identifies Nigerian Piranha I 6x6 vehicles captured from army stocks and associated with Boko Haram or ISWAP use.

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Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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M107 155 mm high-explosive projectile, 155 mm high-explosive projectile, Artillery2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2023 Israel-Hamas WarM107 155 mm high-explosive projectile155 mm high-explosive projectileBuilt in: United StatesThe M107 is a conventional 155 mm high-explosive projectile with a forged-steel body, TNT or Composition B fill, and deep- or normal-cavity variants for different fuze fits. U.S. Army ammunition records list it as an operations-and-sustainment item, Modern War Institute reporting places the M107 family in Ukraine's 155 mm ammunition mix, and U.S. emergency-sale notices document M107 deliveries to Israel during the 2023 Israel-Hamas War.

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Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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Mk 82 500-pound unguided bomb, Air-delivered 500-pound low-drag general-purpose bomb, Munitions1955 Vietnam War, 1990 Gulf War +5 moreMk 82 500-pound unguided bombAir-delivered 500-pound low-drag general-purpose bombBuilt in: United StatesThe Mk 82 is the U.S. Mark 80-series 500-pound low-drag general-purpose bomb. Developed in the 1950s to reduce drag, it has been documented from Vietnam and Desert Storm through NATO's Kosovo air campaign, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Yemen, Gaza, and Marawi, and it remains important as both a free-fall bomb and the body for guided derivatives such as GBU-12 and GBU-38 JDAM.

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Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, Guided-missile destroyer, Naval Systems2020 United States-Iran ConflictArleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyerGuided-missile destroyerBuilt in: United StatesThe Arleigh Burke class is the U.S. Navy's long-running DDG 51 guided-missile destroyer family, built around the Aegis Weapon System, Mk 41 vertical launch cells, gas-turbine propulsion, and multi-mission air, surface, subsurface, ballistic-missile-defense, and land-attack roles. The class entered service with USS Arleigh Burke in 1991, spans Flight I through Flight III hulls, and continues in production with the Flight III configuration centered on AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar and Aegis Baseline 10.
Ohio-class guided-missile submarine, Guided-missile submarine, Naval Systems2011 First Libyan Civil War, 2020 United States-Iran ConflictOhio-class guided-missile submarineGuided-missile submarineBuilt in: United StatesThe Ohio-class guided-missile submarine is the U.S. Navy's converted SSGN platform for large Tomahawk strike loads, clandestine command-and-control, and special-operations support. Four former Ohio ballistic-missile submarines were refueled and converted in the 2000s, giving each boat up to 154 Tomahawk land-attack missiles plus space for SOF teams and equipment. The class has documented strike use in Libya in 2011 and in the 2020 United States-Iran Conflict during Operation Midnight Hammer.
Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, Naval SystemsOhio-class ballistic missile submarineNuclear-powered ballistic missile submarineBuilt in: United StatesThe Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine is the U.S. Navy's current sea-based strategic-deterrent SSBN class and the launch platform for Trident II D5/D5LE missiles. Four early Ohio hulls were converted to SSGNs, leaving 14 SSBNs in strategic service; Navy sources describe each remaining SSBN as carrying up to 20 missiles after New START tube deactivation and operating on alternating Blue and Gold crews for sustained patrol availability.

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Support Equipment

Transport, logistics, recovery, command, engineering, and other enabling equipment.

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Tanks

Heavy armor built around direct fire, protection, and battlefield shock.

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