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General Dynamics. General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is an American publicly traded aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Reston, Virginia. As of 2020, it was the fifth-largest defense contractor in the world by arms sales, and fifth largest in the United States by total sales. [2]
www.gulfstream.com. Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation is an American aircraft company and a subsidiary of General Dynamics. Gulfstream designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and services business jet aircraft. Gulfstream has produced more than 2,000 aircraft since 1958. Gulfstream's current range consists of the G280, G400, G500/G600, and ...
General Dynamics announced the sale of the Missile Systems Division segment of Convair to Hughes Aircraft Company in May 1992 [6] and the Space Systems Division segment to Martin Marietta in 1994. [7] In July 1994, General Dynamics and McDonnell Douglas mutually agreed to terminate Convair's contract to provide fuselages for the 300-seat MD-11 ...
F. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. General Dynamics X-62 VISTA. General Dynamics F-16XL. General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark. General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B. General Dynamics F-111C. General Dynamics F-111K.
American-Marietta was headquartered in Chicago and produced paints, dyes, metallurgical products, construction materials, and other goods. [3][4][5][6] In 1982, Martin Marietta was subject to a hostile takeover bid by the Bendix Corporation, headed by William Agee. Bendix bought the majority of Martin Marietta shares and in effect owned the ...
Revenue. $11B peak, 1986. Owner. Hughes Tool Company (1934) Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1953) General Motors Corp (1985) Number of employees. 84,000 peak, 1985. The Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded on February 14, 1934 by Howard Hughes in Glendale, California, as a division of Hughes ...
Mitsubishi F-2. The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft with over 4,600 built since 1976. [4]
In November 1962, McNamara selected General Dynamics' proposal due to its greater commonality between Air Force and Navy versions. The Boeing aircraft shared less than half of the major structural components. General Dynamics signed the TFX contract in December 1962. A Congressional investigation followed, but could not change the selection. [5]