---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000040533-21-000041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GD"
cik: "0000040533"
company_name: "GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP"
filed_at: "2021-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T01:50:29.901974+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# General Dynamics Q2 net earnings up 17.9% to $737M; EPS $2.61, beat

## Summary
- Revenue $9.2B; operating margin expanded 140 bps to 10.4%.
- Diluted EPS $2.61, up 19.7% YoY; net cash from ops $1.1B; free cash flow $943M.
- Backlog $89.2B (+8% YoY); book-to-bill 1-to-1; strong Gulfstream order activity.
- Major awards: $1.6B in Virginia-class sub options, $620M Stryker upgrade, $435M IM-SHORAD.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000040533-21-000041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GD
- cik: 0000040533
- company_name: GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
- filed_at: 2021-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053321000041/0000040533-21-000041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053321000041/gd-20210728.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040533-21-000041
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040533-21-000041.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040533-21-000041.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.