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Update General Dynamics article

Hi! I'm posting here on behalf of General Dynamics, a company I have declared my COI. The article is rated C class across the six wiki projects, giving a lot of room for improvement. To start, I noticed some inaccuracies and omissions in the Infobox, Corporate governance, Financials, and See also sections. Below are the suggested improvements to each part of the article. You can also see a draft version of these changes in my Sandbox. Let me know if there are any questions!--Chefmikesf (talk) 19:17, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Factual Article Updates

1. Location:Infobox Reason and Request: The current Infobox is out of date and missing data about the company's products and services. My suggestion updates the products, services, financials, and subsidiaries subsections. The Infobox also needs a photo of the headquarters. When the photo is available on Wikimedia Commons, I will update the request. Current Infobox content General Dynamics Corporation Company type Public Traded as NYSE: GD S&P 100 Component S&P 500 Component Industry Aerospace Defense Shipbuilding Founded February 7, 1899 (1899-02-07) Founder John Philip Holland Headquarters Reston, Virginia , United States Area served Worldwide Key people Phebe Novakovic (Chairman and CEO) Products Business jets Combat vehicles and tanks Fighter jets Weapon systems Autocannons and rotary cannons Grenade launchers Munitions Watercraft, Submarines Communications systems, command and control, & IT systems Revenue US$36.19 billion (2018) Operating income US$4.45 billion (2018) Net income US$3.34 billion (2018) Total assets US$45.40 billion (2018) Total equity US$11.73 billion (2018) Number of employees 107,000 (2019) Website www.gd.com Proposed Infobox content General Dynamics Corporation Company type Public Traded as NYSE: GD S&P 100 Component S&P 500 Component Industry Aerospace Defense Shipbuilding Founded February 7, 1899 (1899-02-07) Founder John Philip Holland Headquarters Reston, Virginia , United States Area served Worldwide Key people Phebe Novakovic (Chairman and CEO) Products Aircraft flight control system Auxiliary ships Business jets Combat vehicles Communications systems IT systems Jones Act ships Munitions Nuclear-powered submarines Stealth Ship Tanks Vision Systems Watercraft Weapon systems Services Artificial intelligence Charter Services Command and control Cybersecurity Fixed-base operator (FBO) Intelligence services IT IT service management Maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) Naval design Shipbuilding Ship repair Software development Revenue US$39.350 billion (2019) Operating income US$4.648 billion (2019) Net income US$3.438 billion (2019) Total assets US$50.258 billion (2019) Total equity US$14.716 billion (2019) Number of employees 104,000 (2020) Subsidiaries Bath Iron Works Electric Boat General Dynamics Information Technology General Dynamics Land Systems General Dynamics Mission Systems General Dynamics UK Gulfstream Jet Aviation MOWAG NASSCO Website www.gd.com 2. Location: Corporate Governance Reason and Request: Corporate governance should have its own section. Based on WP:Companies guidelines, I'm suggested Corporate governance has its own section following the History section. Second, I created a table with the name and role for each of the board members. Current Corporate governance content Current members of the board of directors of General Dynamics are: Catherine Reynolds, Nicholas Chabraja, James Crown, William Fricks, Paul Kaminski, John Keane, Lester Lyles, Phebe Novakovic, William A. Osborn, Laura J. Schumacher and Robert Walmsley. Proposed Corporate governance content General Dynamics current chief executive officer is Phebe N. Novakovic. Board Member Role Phebe N. Novakovic Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James S. Crown Lead Director and Chair, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Rudy F. deLeon Director and Chair, Finance and Benefit Plans Committee Cecil D. Haney Director Mark M. Malcolm Director and Chair, Audit Committee James N. Mattis Director C. Howard Nye Director William A. Osborn Director Catherine B. Reynolds Director Laura J. Schumacher Director and Chair, Compensation Committee John G. Stratton Director Peter A. Wall Director Current as of December 2020 3. Location: Financials Reason and Request: Financials section should have its own section. Based on WP:Companies, I'm suggested the Financials section have its own section following the Corporate governance section. Second, the current Financials section contains extraneous content not relevant to the section. My thoughts are to fold some of the content into the History section, e.g., paragraphs two and four, then remove the extraneous content, e.g., paragraph three. Current Financials content General Dynamics has $30.9 billion in sales as of 2017 primarily military, but also civilian with its Gulfstream Aerospace unit and conventional shipbuilding and repair with its National Steel and Shipbuilding subsidiary. In 2004, General Dynamics bid for the UK company Alvis plc, the leading British manufacturer of armored vehicles. In March the board of Alvis Vickers voted in favor of the £309m takeover. However at the last minute BAE Systems offered £355m for the company. This deal was finalized in June 2004. The corporation's subsidiaries are donors to the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute. 10% of General Dynamic stock is owned by the Crown family, which includes Nancy Carrington Crown and Steven Crown. This is the family's largest single asset. Financial data in $ millions Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Revenue 20,975 24,063 27,240 29,300 31,981 32,466 32,677 30,992 30,930 30,852 31,781 30,561 30,973 Net income 1,461 1,856 2,072 2,459 2,394 2,624 2,526 −332 2,357 2,533 3,036 2,572 2,912 Assets 19,700 22,376 25,733 28,373 31,077 32,545 34,883 34,309 35,494 35,337 31,997 33,172 35,046 Employees 96,000 99,500 99,900 98,800 98,600 Proposed Financials content For the fiscal year 2019, General Dynamics reported net income of US$3.484 billion, with an annual revenue of US$39.350 billion, an increase of 8.72% over the previous fiscal cycle. General Dynamics's shares traded at over $150 per share, and its market capitalization was valued at over US$43.27 billion in January 2021. Year Revenue in mil. US$ Net income in mil. US$ Assets in mil. US$ Employees 2005 20,975 1,461 19,700 72,200 2006 24,063 1,856 22,376 81,000 2007 27,240 2,072 25,733 83,500 2008 29,300 2,459 28,373 92,300 2009 31,981 2,394 31,077 91,700 2010 32,466 2,624 32,545 90,000 2011 32,677 2,526 34,883 95,100 2012 30,992 (332) 34,309 92,200 2013 30,930 2,357 35,494 96,000 2014 30,852 2,533 35,337 99,500 2015 31,781 3,036 31,997 99,900 2016 30,561 2,572 33,172 98,800 2017 30,973 2,912 35,046 98,600 2018 36,193 3,345 45,408 105,600 2019 39,350 3,484 48,841 102,900 2020 104,000 Current as of December 2020. 4. Location: See Also Reason and Request: Please add relevant articles to the See also section. Current See also content Top 100 Contractors of the U.S. federal government List of companies headquartered in Northern Virginia Proposed See also content Top 100 Contractors of the U.S. federal government List of companies headquartered in Northern Virginia List of military aircraft of the United States List of United States defense contractors List of current ships of the United States Navy List of currently active United States military land vehicles List of women CEOs of Fortune 500 companies List of shipbuilders and shipyards

Edit Requests for General Dynamics Wikipedia article

General Dynamics Wikipedia Article Edit Requests

1. Location: Lead Reason and Request:The current Lead paragraph is outdated. Please update key factual data points with proposed copy below. Existing Lead Paragraph sentence General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is an American publicly traded, aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Reston, Virginia. As of 2020, it was the fifth-largest defense contractor in the world by arms sales, and 5th largest in the United States by total sales. The company is a Fortune 100 company, and was ranked No. 83 in 2020. Formed in 1954 with the merger of submarine manufacturer Electric Boat and aircraft manufacturer Canadair, the corporation today consists of ten subsidiary companies with operations in 45 countries. The company's products include Gulfstream business jets, Virginia- and Columbia-class nuclear-powered submarines, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, M1 Abrams tanks and Stryker armored fighting vehicles. In 2020, General Dynamics had worldwide sales of $37.9 billion and a workforce of more than 100,000 full-time employees. The current chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) is Phebe Novakovic. Proposed Lead Paragraph sentence update General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is an American publicly traded, aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Reston, Virginia. As of 2021, it was the fifth-largest defense contractor in the world by arms sales, and 5th largest in the United States by total sales. The company is a Fortune 100 company, and was ranked No. 94 in 2022. Formed in 1954 with the merger of submarine manufacturer Electric Boat and aircraft manufacturer Canadair, the corporation today consists of ten subsidiary companies with operations in 45 countries. The company's products include Gulfstream business jets, Virginia- and Columbia-class nuclear-powered submarines, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, M1 Abrams tanks and Stryker armored fighting vehicles. In 2020, General Dynamics had worldwide sales of $38.5 billion and a workforce of more than 103,000 full-time employees. The current chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) is Phebe Novakovic. 2. Location: Acquisitions timeline Reason and Request: The current Timeline section mixes acquisitions, historical events, and executive leadership changes. The proposed content cleans up the content and turns it into a comprehensive acquisition and divestiture section. Please replace the current section with the proposed section. Existing Timeline content Timeline Electric Boat was established in 1899. 20th-century acquisitions 1946 – Canadair purchased from the Canadian government. 1952 – Electric Boat became General Dynamics. 1953 – Convair merged with General Dynamics. 1955 – Acquired Stromberg-Carlson. 1957 - Purchased Liquid Carbonic Corporation of Chicago, Illinois, on September 30. 1959 – Henry Crown acquires company and becomes majority shareholder. 1962–1963 – Convair-produced Mercury-Atlas rockets launch four manned Mercury missions into low Earth orbit, including John Glenn. 1971–1985 David S. Lewis, Jr., was chairman and chief executive officer. During his tenure, General Dynamics' revenues and earnings quadrupled. 1982 – Formed General Dynamics Land Systems after the acquisition of Chrysler's combat systems. 1995 – Acquired Bath Iron Works from Prudential Insurance. 1996 – Acquired Teledyne Vehicle Systems. 1997 – Acquired Lockheed Martin Defense Systems and Lockheed Martin Armament Systems. 1997 – Acquired Advanced Technology Systems, formerly an operating unit of Lucent Technologies. 1997 – Acquired Computing Devices International, formerly a division of Ceridian Corporation. 1998 – Acquired National Steel and Shipbuilding Company. 1999 – Acquired Gulfstream Aerospace from Forstmann Little. 1999 – Acquired GTE Government Systems, Communication Systems, Electronic Systems and Worldwide Telecommunication Systems Divisions. 2000 – Acquired Saco Defense from New Colt Holding Corp. which owned it since 1998. 21st-century acquisitions 2001 – Acquired PrimeX Technologies Inc. 2001 – Acquired Galaxy Aerospace Company from Israeli Aircraft Industries (IAI). 2001 – Acquired Spain's Santa Bárbara Sistemas, one of the world's oldest arms manufacturers. 2002 – Acquired German company EWK Eisenwerke Kaiserslautern, and changed its name to General Dynamics European Land Systems-Germany. 2003 – Acquired GM Defense from General Motors. 2003 – Acquired the Austrian heavy vehicle company Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug (SSF) from an Austrian investor group and formed the basis of General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS). 2003 – Acquired Veridian and Digital Systems Resources. 2003 – Acquired Datron's Intercontinental Manufacturing Company (IMCO) Unit. 2004 – Acquired Spectrum Astro. 2005 – Acquired MAYA Viz Ltd, the primary developer of the US Army's Command Post of the Future software into General Dynamics C4 Systems. 2005 – Acquired Tadpole Computer. 2005 – Acquired Itronix. 2006 – Acquired FC Business Systems. 2006 – Acquired Anteon International. 2007 – Acquired Mediaware International. 2008 – Acquired ViPS, Inc. 2008 – Acquired Jet Aviation. 2009 – Acquired Axletech International. 2010 – Acquired Kylmar Ltd. 2011 – Acquired Vangent, Inc. from The Veritas Capital Fund III, LP. 2011 – Acquired Metro Machine Imperial Docks Inc. 2011 – Acquired Force Protection Inc. 2012 – Acquired Open Kernel Labs. 2012 – Acquired Applied Physical Sciences. 2016 - Acquired Bluefin Robotics into General Dynamics Mission Systems. 2018 – Acquired CSRA Inc. for about $6.8 billion. Divestitures 1967 – General Atomics was sold to Gulf Oil. 1969 - Forced by Federal order to divest itself of Liquid Carbonic Corporation in January; Liquid Carbonic was then purchased by Houston Natural Gas Co. 1976 – Canadair sold back to the Canadian government. 1981 – Following expropriation legislation passed by the government of the Province of Quebec, General Dynamics' Canadian subsidiary sold its 54.6% controlling interest in Asbestos Corporation Limited to the Quebec government-owned corporation, Société nationale de l'amiante (SNA). 1991 – Data Systems Division sold to Computer Sciences Corporation. 1992 – Tactical Missiles Division to Hughes Aircraft Company 1992 – Cessna was sold to Textron. 1992 – Electronics Division sold to Carlyle Group of Washington, D.C. and renamed GDE Systems. 1993 – Fort Worth Division, a producer of fixed-wing military aircraft, was sold to Lockheed Corporation. 1993 – Space Systems Division was sold to Martin Marietta. 1994 – Convair's aerostructures unit's manufacturing work in San Diego was transferred to McDonnell Douglas. 2006 – Material Service to Hanson. 2007 – Freeman United Coal Mining Co. sold to Springfield Coal Co. for an undisclosed amount. 2010 – Spacecraft development and manufacturing (a business group within the Advanced Information Systems division) to Orbital Sciences Corporation. 2014 – Advanced Systems (another business line within Advanced Information Systems) to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Proposed Acquisitions timeline content Acquisitions timeline 20th-century acquisitions Year Acquisition Business group 1947 Canadair Aerospace 1953 Convair Aerospace 1955 Stromberg-Carlson Combat Systems 1957 Liquid Carbonic Corporation Aerospace 1959 Material Service Corporation 1982 Chrysler's combat systems Combat Systems 1995 Bath Iron Works Marine Systems 1996 Teledyne Vehicle Systems Marine Systems 1997 Advanced Technology Systems Combat Systems 1997 Lockheed Martin Defense Systems Combat Systems 1997 Lockheed Martin Armament Systems Combat Systems 1997 Computing Devices International Technologies 1998 National Steel and Shipbuilding Company Marine Systems 1999 Gulfstream Aerospace Aerospace 1999 GTE Government Systems Technologies 2000 Saco Defense Combat Systems 21st-century acquisitions Year Acquisition Business group 2001 PrimeX Technologies Inc. Technologies 2001 Motorola Integrated Systems Technologies 2001 Galaxy Aerospace Company Aerospace 2001 Santa Bárbara Sistemas Combat Systems 2002 EWK Eisenwerke Kaiserslautern Combat Systems 2003 GM Defense Combat Systems 2003 Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug Combat Systems 2003 Veridian and Digital Systems Resources Technologies 2003 Datron's Intercontinental Manufacturing Company Combat Systems 2004 Spectrum Astro Aerospace 2004 MOWAG Combat Systems 2005 MAYA Viz Ltd Technologies 2005 Tadpole Computer Technologies 2005 Itronix Technologies 2006 FC Business Systems Technologies 2006 Anteon International Technologies 2007 Mediaware International Technologies 2008 ViPS, Inc. Technologies 2008 Jet Aviation Aerospace 2009 Axletech International Combat Systems 2010 Kylmar Ltd. Combat Systems 2011 Vangent, Inc. Technologies 2011 Metro Machine Imperial Docks Inc. Marine Systems 2011 Force Protection Inc. Combat Systems 2012 Earl Industries’ Ship Repair Division Marine Systems 2012 Open Kernel Labs Technologies 2012 Applied Physical Sciences Aerospace 2016 Bluefin Robotics Marine Systems 2018 CSRA Inc. Technologies 2018 Hawker Pacific Aerospace 2018 FWW Fahrzeugwerk GmbH Combat Systems Divestitures Year Divestiture Purchaser 1946 General Atomics Gulf Oil 1953 Liquid Carbonic Corporation Houston Natural Gas Co. 1957 Asbestos Corporation Limited Société nationale de l'amiante (SNA) 1976 Canadair Canadian government 1991 Data Systems Division Computer Sciences Corporation 1995 Tactical Missiles Division Hughes Aircraft Company 1992 Cessna Textron 1993 Fort Worth Division (F-16s) Lockheed Corporation 1994 Space Systems Division Martin Marietta 1994 Convair's aerostructure unit McDonnell Douglas 1997 Electronics Division The Carlyle Group 1998 Material Service Hanson 1999 Freeman United Coal Mining Co. Springfield Coal Co. 1999 Spacecraft development and manufacturing Orbital Sciences Corporation 2000 Advanced Systems MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates 3. Location: Corporate Governance Reason and Request: The Corporate governance section is outdated. Please update to match 2022 filings. Current Corporate Governance General Dynamics current chief executive officer is Phebe N. Novakovic. Board Member Role Phebe N. Novakovic Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James S. Crown Lead Director and Chair, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Rudy F. deLeon Director and Chair, Finance and Benefit Plans Committee Cecil D. Haney Director Mark M. Malcolm Director and Chair, Audit Committee James N. Mattis Director C. Howard Nye Director William A. Osborn Director Catherine B. Reynolds Director Laura J. Schumacher Director and Chair, Compensation Committee John G. Stratton Director Peter A. Wall Director As of December 2020 Proposed Corporate Governance Corporate governance General Dynamics current chairman and chief executive officer is Phebe N. Novakovic. Board Member Role Phebe N. Novakovic Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James S. Crown Lead Director Rudy F. deLeon Director Cecil D. Haney Director and Chair, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Mark M. Malcolm Director James N. Mattis Director C. Howard Nye Director and Chair, Audit Committee Robert K. Steel Director and Chair, Sustainability Committee Catherine B. Reynolds Director and Chair, Finance and Benefit Plans Committee Laura J. Schumacher Director and Chair, Compensation Committee John G. Stratton Director Peter A. Wall Director Current as of December 2022. 4. Location: Add Carbon emissions after the Acquisitions timeline section Reason and Request: The article lacks content about the company's carbon emissions data. The content is modeled after the content on other similar F500 company articles on Wikipedia. Proposed Carbon emissions Section Carbon emissions General Dynamics reported Total CO2e emissions (Direct + Indirect) for the 2021 at 696,118 mt (-8.7% year over year) and aims to reducing greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2034. The company is on track to become Carbon neutral before 2060. Company annual total CO2e Emissions - Location-Based Scope 1 + Scope 2 (in kilotonnes) General Dynamics's annual total CO2e Emissions - Location-Based Scope 1 + Scope 2 (in Metric Tons) 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 901,666 817,293 821,773 784,264 794,161 762,200 696,118 5. Location: Add Company Demographics after Carbon emissions section Reason and Request: The article lacks content about the company's demographics data. Proposed Company Demographics section Company Demographics In 2021, General Dynamics U.S. workforce was 21% veterans, 23% female, and 27% people of color. The US Department of Labor awarded the company the 2021 HIRE Vets Gold Award. The company has 26 Employee Resource Groups serving 10 employee segments. Approximately 20% of the company's employees are represented by labor unions such as International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW). Independent research published by American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), U.S. Department of Labor, Military Times, U.S. Veterans Magazine, Professional Women's Magazine, Forbes, and Fortune Magazine selected General Dynamics as a top employer. General Dynamics' community contributions in 2021 were 70% in Education & Social Services, 18% in Arts & Culture, and 12% in Service Member Support.