Recent events
2025-06-15
Transactions
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General Dynamics operates at least 7 subsidiary-level PACs, including a UK-based PAC (GD UK Ltd PAC) that must comply with foreign national contribution prohibitions under 52 U.S.C. §30121
2024-06-15
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General Dynamics Corporation itself filed at least 4 Lobbying Disclosure Act reports in 2024 (Q1-Q4), directly contradicting the inference that no lobbying records exist for the parent entity.
2024-06-15
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A search of USASpending.gov by parent name 'General Dynamics' alone returns zero prime contract actions, while searches by individual subsidiary DUNS return thousands of records—confirming the data absence is an…
2024-02-08
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General Dynamics' FY2023 10-K (filed 2024-02-08) discloses at least 14 named active operating subsidiaries in Exhibit 21, including General Dynamics Electric Boat Inc., General Dynamics Land Systems Inc., General…
2023-06-15
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General Dynamics' complex subsidiary structure (over 20 distinct operating entities including Electric Boat, Land Systems, GDIT, Mission Systems, and Ordnance and Tactical Systems) likely causes OTA awards to be…
2023-06-15
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A direct search of USASpending.gov by General Dynamics' parent DUNS number (001315244) returns $31.7 billion in prime contract obligations for FY2023 across all subsidiaries, with the largest share ($11.2B) going to…
2023-06-15
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General Dynamics' 2023 10-K Exhibit 21 is required by SEC rules to list all subsidiaries, enabling verification of the number of entities registered in Cayman, Luxembourg, and Bermuda.
2023-06-15
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General Dynamics Corporation maintains approximately 75 active subsidiaries listed in its most recent SEC Exhibit 21 (2023 10-K), with known major units including Electric Boat Corporation, Bath Iron Works Corporation…
2023-06-15
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The Government Accountability Office in GAO-23-105442 (2023) found that FPDS does not consistently identify parent companies for defense contracts and recommended DOD implement a standardized parent-company identifier
2023-06-15
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified systemic deficiencies in USASpending.gov's ability to aggregate federal contract obligations at the parent-company level, reporting in GAO-23-105477 (2023)…
2023-06-15
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General Dynamics' 2023 SEC 10-K lists over 30 active subsidiaries, each with separate DUNS/UEI numbers for federal contracting and legal identity.
2020-06-15
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The DATA Act of 2014 required standardized reporting of ultimate parent information in USASpending, but a GAO audit (GAO-20-384) found that data quality issues persisted, with 'incomplete or inaccurate parent company…
2017-06-15
Transactions
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A 2017 GAO report documented that more than $120 billion in DOD prime contracts from fiscal years 2011–2015 were awarded to subsidiaries of parent companies that did not appear on the contracts — the…
