secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP (GD)
CIK:        0000040533
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-29T12:01:20+00:00
Accession:  0000040533-26-000029
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

General Dynamics Q2 revenue $14.1B (+8.1%), EPS $4.24 (+13.4%), orders $20B
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- Revenue $14.1B (+8.1% YoY), diluted EPS $4.24 (+13.4% YoY), operating margin 10.4% (+40 bps).
- Cash from operations $1.9B (162% of net earnings); paid $429M dividends, reduced debt $498M.
- Orders $20B (defense $14.7B, aerospace $5.3B); book-to-bill 1.4x; backlog $136.5B.
- All four segments grew revenue; Aerospace and Marine Systems had double-digit growth and margin expansion.
- CEO Novakovic cited strong demand and investments to increase output.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053326000029/0000040533-26-000029-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053326000029/gd-20260729.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040533-26-000029

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