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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000040533-21-000047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GD"
cik: "0000040533"
company_name: "GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP"
filed_at: "2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T17:37:51.037408+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# General Dynamics Q3 net earnings $860M, EPS $3.07, revenue $9.6B; backlog up 8.1%

## Summary
- Net earnings $860M, diluted EPS $3.07 (up 5.9% YoY).
- Revenue $9.6B, operating margin 11.3% (up 90 bps sequentially).
- Cash from operations $1.5B, free cash flow $1.3B.
- Backlog $88.1B (+8.1% YoY); Aerospace backlog $14.7B (+22.8% YoY).
- Defense awards include $475M for Columbia-class submarine support, $540M in classified contracts.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000040533-21-000047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GD
- cik: 0000040533
- company_name: GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
- filed_at: 2021-10-27T23:59:59+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/40533/000004053321000047/0000040533-21-000047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053321000047/gd-20211027.htm

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