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General Dynamics Corporation (U.S.)

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[Flag of General Dynamics Corporation] image by Randy Young, 22 November 2023



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General Dynamics Corporation is a major US defense contractor headquartered in Reston, Virginia. The company was formed in 1954 by the merger of the submarine manufacturer Electric Boat and aircraft manufacturer Canadair. The company today is the fifth largest defense contractor in the world by arms sales, and employs more than 106,000 people across more than 40 countries. The company is responsible for the Gulfstream line of business jets, as well as the US Army's M1A1 and M1A2 Abrams tanks and the US Navy's Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics and https://www.gd.com/)

The flag of the General Dynamics Corporation can be seen in photographs online, particularly at https://www.bostonglobe.com and https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo. The flag features the company's name, "GENERAL DYNAMICS," in white capital letters across the center of the medium blue field.

Randy Young, 22 November 2023

General Dynamics Corporation traces its origins to John Philip Holland's Holland Torpedo Boat Company. In 1899, Isaac Rice bought the company from Holland and renamed it Electric Boat Company on February 7, 1899.
Since then, the company was named Submarine Boat Corporation, acquired Canadair, sold that back
to the Canadian government, but was reorganized as General Dynamics in 1952. Subsequently it merged with Material Service Corporation, acquired Chrysler Defense from Chrysler, sold its Data Systems Division, sold Cessna, sold the Space division and the remaining Convair Aircraft Structure unit, and acquired many other companies.

Sources: https://www.gd.com/about-gd/our-history
https://es.linkedin.com/company/general-dynamics
http://www.vangent.com/en/About-Us/History
https://www.crunchbase.com and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics

It seems that each Division has its own flag as well. For a list of related logos please see: https://hotcore.info/babki/general-dynamics-land-systems-logo.html
Esteban Rivera, 23 November 2023


General Dynamics UK Limited

[Flag of General Dynamics UK Ltd.] image located by Esteban Rivera, 23 November 2023

Flag cropped from the original located here: https://twitter.com/GDMS/status/1143252025565687809/photo/1, source: https://twitter.com/GDMS. Notice that this version has the colors reversed (blue lettering over white background).
Esteban Rivera, 23 November 2023