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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000040533-22-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GD"
cik: "0000040533"
company_name: "GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP"
filed_at: "2022-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T15:35:31.339569+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# General Dynamics Q4 net earnings $952M, diluted EPS $3.39; full-year revenue $38.5B

## Summary
- Q4 net earnings $952M ($3.39 diluted EPS) on $10.3B revenue; full-year net earnings $3.3B ($11.55 EPS) on $38.5B revenue.
- Defense segments delivered record revenue and operating earnings for the year.
- Operating cash flow record $4.3B (131% of net earnings); debt reduced $1.5B; $1.8B in share repurchases.
- Aerospace backlog grew 40% YoY to $16.3B; Gulfstream orders strongest since 2008.
- Consolidated backlog $87.6B; total estimated contract value $127.5B at year end.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000040533-22-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GD
- cik: 0000040533
- company_name: GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
- filed_at: 2022-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053322000004/0000040533-22-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053322000004/gd-20220126.htm

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