---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000040533-22-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GD"
cik: "0000040533"
company_name: "GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP"
filed_at: "2022-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T04:16:06.915535+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# General Dynamics Q1 EPS $2.61 up 5.2% YoY; revenue $9.4B; backlog $87.2B

## Summary
- Net earnings $730M, diluted EPS $2.61, up 5.2% year-over-year.
- Revenue $9.4B; operating cash flow $2B, 270% of net earnings.
- Aerospace backlog grew $1.3B to $17.6B; total backlog $87.2B, total estimated contract value $129B.
- Major awards: $4.5B NGA cloud contract, $340M Stryker M-SHORAD, $325M Abrams upgrade.
- Reinvested $294M in share repurchases, $330M dividends; cash $2.9B at quarter end.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000040533-22-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GD
- cik: 0000040533
- company_name: GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
- filed_at: 2022-04-27T23:59:59+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/40533/000004053322000011/0000040533-22-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053322000011/gd-20220427.htm

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