secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP (GD)
CIK:        0000040533
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-06-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000040533-23-000037
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

General Dynamics elects retired Lt. Gen. Charles Hooper to board of directors
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- Charles W. Hooper, retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General, elected to GD board effective June 7, 2023.
- Hooper previously served as Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency and multiple senior defense roles.
- He will receive the same compensation as other non-employee directors as disclosed in the 2023 proxy statement.
- Hooper currently holds board seats at UL Solutions and the National WWII Museum, and is a Senior Counselor at the Cohen Group.
- CEO Phebe Novakovic cited Hooper's experience with U.S. allies and strategic thinking as valuable additions.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053323000037/0000040533-23-000037-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053323000037/gd-20230608.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040533-23-000037

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