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TelSelected members of the Board of Directors: 00 1 703 876 3000<ref>[http://www.gendyn.com/ Investor Relations, Corporate Governance, Board of Directors], General Dynamics, accessed September 2007.</ref>*[[James S. Crown]], Also Director of [[JPMorgan Chase]] and [[Sara Lee]] Corporation*[[William P. Fricks]], Former Chairman and CEO of Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. (under [[Northrop Grumman]])*[[Jay L. Johnson]], Retired Admiral, [[U.S. Navy]]*[[George A. Joulwan]], Retired General, [[U.S. Army]]*[[John M. Keane]], Retired General, U.S. Army*[[Lester L. Lyles]], Retired General, [[United States Air Force]]*[[Carl E. Mundy, Jr.]], Retired General, [[U.S. Marine Corps]]
Batch removal of Nuclear spin badge tags, and subsequent replacement with Nuclear PR Category tags.
[[Category:Nuclear PR]]'''General Dynamics''' is the sixth largest defence manufacturer in the world [http://www.defensenews.com/content/features/2004chart1.html]. Established in 1952, it includes Electric Boat, which built the first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus. In 1982, it added its first Combat Systems unit, Land Systems, which makes armoured vehicles and in 2003, it increased this area of work with the acquisition of the Canadian GM Defense. In 2002, General Dynamics registered a 25% growth in military business. Primary categories of military hardware produced by the company include nuclear submarines, warships, armoured vehicles , and ammuntion ammunition. General Dynamics is headquartered in Virginia, US, and employs people in the US, Canada, Mexico and the UK.
Access General Dynamic's corporate rap sheet compiled and written by ''Good Jobs First'' [http://www.corp-research.org/general-dynamics here].
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==Description==
It has four major business segments
*Aerospace
*Combat Systems
*Information Systems and Technology
*Marine Systems.
Combat Systems includes "Ordnance and Tactical Systems" (formerly [[Primex Technologies]]) which includes ammunitions, including those which might utilize [[Depleted Uranium |depleted uranium]] penetrators.
General Dynamics acquired [[Anteon International Corp.]] in 2006. See the [http://www.generaldynamics.com/news/press_releases/2006/NewsRelease%20Jun%207,%202006.htm Press Release].
==Political contributions==
General Dynamics gave $1,039,200 to federal candidates in the 2006 election through its [[political action committee]] - 35% to [[Democrats]], 64% to [[Republican Party (USA)|Republicans]], and 1% ($10,000) to independent [[Joseph Lieberman]] (I-CT).
<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.asp?strID=C00078451&cycle=2006 2006 PAC Summary Data], ''Open Secrets'', accessed September 2007.</ref>
==Lobbying==
The company spent $9,364,234 for [[lobbying]] in 2006. In-house lobbyists and over 20 [[lobbying firms]] were used, including [[PMA Group]], [[Clark & Weinstock]], and [[Potomac Advocates]].
<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/clientsum.asp?year=2006&txtname=General+Dynamics General Dynamics lobbying expenses], ''Open Secrets''.</ref>
==Personnel==
Accessed May 2010: <ref>[http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=85778&p=irol-govBoard Directors], General Dynamics, accessed May 12, 2010.</ref>
*[[Jay L. Johnson]] - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
*[[Nicholas D. Chabraja]] - Director
*[[James S. Crown]] - Director, Lead Director and Chairman, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
*[[William P. Fricks]] - Director and Chairman, Audit Committee
*[[George A. Joulwan]] - Director and Chairman, Compensation Committee
*[[Paul G. Kaminski]] - Director and Chairman, Finance and Benefit Plans Committee
*[[John M. Keane]] - Director
*[[Lester L. Lyles]] - Director
*[[William A. Osborn]] - Director
*[[Robert Walmsley]] - Director
==Contact=From 2006===<table border="0"><tr> <td valign="top">Key executives and 2006 pay:<ref>[http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=GD General DynamicsKey Executives], ''Yahoo Finance'', accessed September 2007.</ref></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">Options<br/>exercised</td></tr><tr> <td>[[Nicholas D. Chabraja]], Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</td> <td> </td> <td align="right">$4,500,000</td> <td> </td> <td align="right">$21,520,000</td><tr> <td>[[L. Hugh Redd]], Chief Financial Officer</td> <td> </td> <td align="right">$778,000</td> <td> </td> <td align="right">$115,000</td></tr><tr> <td>[[Bryan T. Moss]], President Emeritus of Gulfstream</td>3190 Fairview Park Drive <td> <br/td> <td align="right">$1,170,000</td> <td> </td> <td align="right">$62,000</td></tr><tr> <td>[[David A. Savner]], Senior Vice President</td> <td> </td> <td align="right">$1,160,000</td> <td> </td> <td align="right">$3,350,000</td></tr><tr> <td>[[Gerard J. DeMuro]], Group Executive, Information Systems and Technology</td> <td> </td> <td align="right">$1,260,000</td> <td> </td>Falls Church <td align="right">$1,220,000<br/td>Virginia<br/tr>22042-4523</table>
==Contact==2941 Fairview Park Drive<br>Suite 100<br>Falls Church, VA 22042<br>Phone: 703-876-3000<br>Fax: 703-876-3125<br>Web: http://www.generaldynamicsgendyn.com/
== Resources and articles=====Related SourceWatch links articles===*[[military-industrial complexCampaign Against the Arms Trade]]
*[[defense contractors]]
*[[federal contractors]]
*[[military-industrial complex]]
*[[Elbit Systems]]
*[[Robert F. Ellsworth]]
===References===
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===External linksresources===*[[Campaign Against the Arms Trade]], [http://www.caat.org.uk/information/publications/companies/general-dynamicsdynamics2003.php General Dynamics company profile], ''Campaign Against Arms Trade'', accessed September 2007.*[http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?list=type&type=12 General Dynamics Profile], ''CorpWatch'', accessed September 2007.
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