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GENERAL DYNAMICS
Annual Report 2009

Table of contents

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    Annual Report 2009 GENERAL DYNAMICS

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    Contents 1 3 8 10 12 14 16 19 2009 Financial Highlights Letter to Shareholders Company Overview Aerospace Combat Systems Marine Systems Information Systems and Technology Annual Report on Form 10-K Directors and Officers Corporate Information inside back cover inside back cover

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    ... Net Earnings Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities Capital Expenditures Free Cash Flow from Operations (b) Cash Conversion (c) Return on Invested Capital (b) AT YEAR END Total Backlog Total Assets Shareholders' Equity Outstanding Shares of Common Stock Number of Employees Sales Per Employee...

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    2 general DynamiCS annual rePort 2009

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    ... diverse by both customer type and geography. Our large aircraft order book extends well into 2011 and, for some models, into 2012. Over 60 percent of 2009 orders were international, with around three quarters of those from European and Asia-Pacific-based customers. general DynamiCS annual rePort...

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    ...by continued demand for our products across each of our business units. Some of our growth also came from AxleTech International, a company we acquired in December 2008. 10-YEAR TOTAL RETURN 300% 250% 200% 150% 100% 50% 0% -50% 1999 2009 S&P 500 -9% S&P Aerospace 91% General Dynamics 204% EPS FROM...

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    ... munitions. International orders were also strong in 2009. We received orders for nearly $2.5 billion in foreign military sales contracts for tank upgrades and light armored vehicles. Order activity at our European Land Systems division was also robust, including new orders for several ground-combat...

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    ... intelligence services businesses enjoyed another year of double-digit growth, spurred by growing demand in healthcare IT, network development and cyber security markets. In 2009, 40 percent of sales were to intelligence and federal civilian agencies as well as international and commercial customers...

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    ... of General Dynamics. Your leadership team is dedicated to creating value for our fellow shareholders. This commitment has been one of the hallmarks of General Dynamics and will not change. Jay L. Johnson President and Chief Executive Officer March 8, 2010 general DynamiCS annual rePort 2009 7

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    ... and aircraft services for a variety of business-jet customers globally. Combat Systems The Combat Systems group is a world leader in producing, supporting and sustaining land and expeditionary combat systems for the U.S. military and its allies, and developing new combat systems to meet emerging...

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    ... information-sharing needs. Customers in the defense, intelligence, homeland and national security arenas in the U.S. and abroad rely on the group to meet critical command, control, communications, computing, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance requirements. general DynamiCS annual rePort...

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    ...AIRCRAFT MODELS THAT MEET DIVERSE CUSTOMER NEEDS ACROSS THE PRICE AND PERFORMANCE SPECTRUM. GULFSTREAM ALSO PROVIDES AIRFRAME, AVIONICS, ENGINE AND REFURBISHMENT SERVICE AND SUPPORT AT FIVE U.S. LOCATIONS. JET AVIATION PERFORMS EXPERT MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, OVERHAUL, COMPLETIONS, ENGINEERING AND FIXED...

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    ... DYNAMICS COMBAT SYSTEMS IS A GLOBAL LEADER IN THE DESIGN, ENGINEERING, PRODUCTION AND LIFECYCLE SUPPORT OF TRACKED AND WHEELED MILITARY VEHICLES, WEAPONS SYSTEMS, MUNITIONS, DETECTION SYSTEMS AND COMPOSITE COMPONENTS FOR UNITED STATES AND ALLIED CUSTOMERS. THE GROUP ALSO DESIGNS AND MANUFACTURES...

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    Marine Systems THE GENERAL DYNAMICS MARINE SYSTEMS GROUP DESIGNS, ENGINEERS, MANUFACTURES AND SUPPORTS SUBMARINES AND SURFACE SHIPS ESSENTIAL TO THE U.S. NAVY'S MISSIONS WORLDWIDE AND THE COMMERCIAL CARGO TRADE DOMESTICALLY. IN THREE SHIPYARDS, THE GROUP PRODUCES NUCLEAR-POWERED ATTACK SUBMARINES, ...

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    .... WE SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED THE FIRST OPEN-ARCHITECTURE INTEGRATED SHIPBOARD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT AS PART OF THE GENERAL DYNAMICS LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP TEAM. DEMAND FOR CYBER-SECURITY SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES GREW SIGNIFICANTLY AMONG GOVERNMENT AND CIVILIAN CUSTOMERS, AS INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND...

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    ...cover 2009 Financial Highlights Letter to Shareholders Company Overview Aerospace Combat Systems Marine Systems Information Systems and Technology Annual Report on Form 10-K Business Overview Selected Financial Data Management's Discussion and Analysis Consolidated Financial Statements Statement of...

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    ... EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 OR [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission file number 1-3671 GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified...

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    ... and Financial Disclosure Controls and Procedures Other Information 16 18 19 35 36 66 66 69 Item 10. Item 11. Item 12. Item 13. Item 14. PART IV Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance Executive Compensation Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related...

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    ... expertise in information technology products and services. In 1999, we purchased Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a business-jet aircraft and aviation support-services company. Since 1995, we have acquired and successfully integrated 54 businesses, including two in 2009. General Dynamics operates...

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    ... investing in innovative first-to-market technologies and products; • providing exemplary and timely support to customers around the world; and • driving efficiencies into, and taking cost out of, aircraft production, outfitting and service processes. 4 General Dynamics 2009 Annual Report

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    ...1 2009 2008 2007 New aircraft and completions Aircraft services Pre-owned aircraft Total Aerospace $ 3,893 1,154 124 $ 5,171 $ 4,678 816 18 $ 5,512 $ 4,081 669 78 $ 4,828 C O M B AT S Y S T E M S Our Combat Systems group is a global leader in the design, development, production, support and...

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    ... majority of Marine Systems' workload supports the U.S. Navy. These efforts include the construction of new ships and the design and development of next-generation platforms to help the customer meet evolving missions and maintain its desired fleet size, as well as maintenance and repair services to...

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    ...U.S. combatant-commander requirements, strong congressional support, innovative cost-saving design and production efforts, and successful program execution, the group is scheduled to build two submarines per year starting in 2011, which will double the current submarine workload. Marine Systems also...

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    ... with network-centric computer-based simulations. The group also has provided enterprise-wide IT and information management services to Naval Air Systems Command for more than 10 years as the customer's primary logistics-support contractor. Information Systems and Technology also supplies network...

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    ... has a 50-year legacy of providing advanced fire control systems for Navy submarine programs. Capitalizing on the breadth of this maritime-domain expertise, the group developed the core mission system for the General Dynamics team's entry in the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) competition, and it...

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    ... governments and have distinguished themselves as principal regional suppliers. Our international commercial business consists primarily of businessjet aircraft exports and the delivery of aircraft support from a worldwide service network. The market for business-jet aircraft and related services...

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    ... compete successfully in both the defense and business-jet aircraft markets. While customers' evaluation criteria vary, the principal competitive elements include: • the technical excellence, reliability and cost competitiveness of our products and services; • our ability to develop, manufacture...

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    ... in Part II, Item 7, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. 2009 Total Summary backlog information for each of our business groups follows: 2009 2008 Backlog Not Expected to be Completed in 2010 December 31 Funded Unfunded Total Funded Unfunded Total Aerospace Combat Systems Marine Systems...

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    ... condition or cash flows. For additional information relating to the impact of environmental controls, see Note N to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Part II, Item 8, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. AVAILABLE INFO R MATION The Aerospace group is subject to Federal Aviation...

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    ... tied to U.S. and global economic conditions. Despite the varying nature of our U.S. and international defense and business-aviation operations and the markets they serve, each group shares some common risks, such as the ongoing development of high-technology products and the price, availability and...

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    ... develop new products and maintain a qualified workforce to meet the needs of our customers. Virtually all of the products that we produce and sell are highly engineered and require sophisticated manufacturing and system-integration techniques and capabilities. The commercial and government markets...

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    ... common stock. For information regarding securities authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans, see Note O to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Part II, Item 8, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We did not make any unregistered sales of equity securities in 2009...

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    ... of authorized shares has been repurchased. For additional information relating to our repurchases of common stock during the past three years, see Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources - Financing Activities - Share Repurchases contained in Part II, Item 7, of this Annual Report on...

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    ... of year end. (c) Book value per share is calculated as total equity divided by total outstanding shares as of year end. (d) Operating working capital is calculated as accounts receivable, contracts in process (excluding "other contract costs" - see Note G to the Consolidated Financial Statements in...

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    ... international sales and exports to grow. The deterioration in the global economic environment in late 2008 and early 2009 significantly impacted the business-aviation market. Difficult economic conditions, tight credit markets and negative business-jet rhetoric General Dynamics 2009 Annual Report...

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    ... economic turmoil, we believe the diversity and duration of our business-jet order book positions the Aerospace group for further improvement in 2010. Continued investment in new aircraft products is expected to drive the Aerospace group's long-term growth, particularly when it begins delivering...

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    ...2008 and $3 billion in 2007. Over the three-year period, we deployed our cash to fund acquisitions and capital expenditures, repurchase our common stock, pay dividends and repay maturing debt. Our net debt - debt less cash and equivalents and marketable securities - was $1.2 billion at year-end 2009...

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    ... funded backlog represents orders for which we have definitive purchase contracts and deposits from the customer. The Aerospace unfunded backlog of $433 at the end of 2009 consists of agreements to provide future aircraft maintenance and support services. Our backlog does not include work awarded...

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    ... elect to procure additional units or services at a future date. Contract options in the Aerospace group represent options to purchase new aircraft and long-term agreements with fleet customers. We recognize options in backlog when the customer exercises the option and establishes a firm order. On...

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    ... new aircraft models in 2008 also reduced the group's earnings growth by $26. Backlog and Estimated Potential Contract Value $25,000 2009 reached their highest level since the second quarter of 2008. Despite the rebound in order activity resulting in a full-year book-to-bill ratio (orders divided...

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    ... International in December 2008. The group received strong contributions to this growth from each of its markets: U.S. military vehicles Weapons systems and munitions European military vehicles Total increase in revenues $ 774 532 145 $ 1,451 Increased volume on the Stryker wheeled combat vehicle...

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    ...2010. The Combat Systems group's backlog at year end also included approximately $2.6 billion in weapons systems, munitions, detection systems and composite-structures programs. In 2009, the group received awards totaling $210 for the production of Hydra-70 rockets, bringing the total contract value...

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    ... up in 2008 as the group The Marine Systems group's backlog consists of long-term submarine and ship construction programs, as well as numerous repair and engineering contracts. The group generally receives large contract awards that provide backlog for several years. For example, in 2008 the group...

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    ...on the group's product carrier contract. In addition, the Marine Systems group's backlog at year end included approximately $3.2 billion for engineering, repair, overhaul and other services. In January 2010, the Navy awarded the group an additional $120 to continue a development contract for concept...

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    ... group's funded backlog grew 16 percent over year-end 2008 to $8.4 billion at the end of 2009. Unlike our other defense businesses, the Information Systems and Technology group's backlog consists of thousands of contracts that have to be reconstituted each year with new program and task order awards...

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    ... Net (debt) surplus is calculated as total debt less cash and equivalents and marketable securities. (b) Debt-to-equity ratio is calculated as total debt divided by total equity. (c) Debt-to-capital ratio is calculated as total debt divided by total debt plus total equity. 30 General Dynamics 2009...

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    ... two-year fixed-rate notes in June 2009. We used the proceeds from the fixed-rate notes for general corporate purposes, including working capital requirements, capital expenditures and to term out our commercial paper borrowings. We ended 2009 with no commercial paper outstanding, and our total debt...

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    ... shareholders' equity associated with the returns on our retirement plan assets. (See Note P to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional discussion of our retirement plans.) ROIC for 2005 through 2009 is calculated as follows: Ye a r E n d e d D e c e m b e r 3 1 2009 2008 2007 2006...

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    ... long-term debt. (b) Includes amounts committed under legally enforceable agreements for goods and services with defined terms as to quantity, price and timing of delivery. This amount includes $19.8 billion of purchase orders for products and services to be delivered under firm government contracts...

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    ... 1995, we have acquired 54 businesses at a total cost of approximately $21 billion, including two in 2009. In connection with these acquisitions, we have recognized $12.3 billion of goodwill. Goodwill represents the purchase price paid in excess of the fair value of identifiable net tangible and...

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    ... in the discount rate and expected long-term rate of return on plan assets for our commercial pension and post-retirement benefit plans, see Note P to the Consolidated Financial Statements. As discussed under Deferred Contract Costs, our contractual arrangements with the U.S. government provide for...

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    ..., except per- share amounts) 2009 2008 2007 Revenues: Products Services Operating costs and expenses: Products Services General and administrative Operating earnings Interest, net Other, net Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes Provision for income taxes, net Earnings from...

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    ... assets: Property, plant and equipment, net Intangible assets, net Goodwill Other assets Total noncurrent assets Total assets LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities: Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt Accounts payable Customer advances and deposits Other current...

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    ... operations-investing activities Net increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents Cash and equivalents at beginning of year Cash and equivalents at end of year The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement. 38 General Dynamics 2009 Annual Report...

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    ... plans' funded status Balance, December 31, 2007 Net earnings Cash dividends declared Stock-based awards Shares purchased Net loss on cash flow hedges Unrealized losses on securities Foreign currency translation adjustments Change in retirement plans' funded status Balance, December 31, 2008 Net...

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    ...contracts for the manufacture of business-jet aircraft usually provide for two major phases: the manufacture of the "green" 40 General Dynamics 2009 Annual Report 2009 2008 2007 Company-sponsored R&D, including product development costs Bid and proposal costs Total company-sponsored R&D Customer...

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    ... base. Combat Systems • AxleTech International (AxleTech) of Troy, Michigan, on December 19. AxleTech is a global manufacturer and supplier of highly engineered drive train components and aftermarket parts for heavy-payload military and commercial customers. General Dynamics 2009 Annual Report 41

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    ... technologies and broadband power amplifiers for tactical communications applications for military and other government customers. In 2007, we acquired four businesses for an aggregate of $330 in cash. 2009 Gross Carrying Amount Accumulated Amortization Net Carrying Amount Contract and program...

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    ... value into three levels: • Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; • Level 2 - inputs, other than quoted prices, that are observable by a 2009 2008 2007 We compute basic earnings per share using net earnings for the period and the weighted average number...

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    ...expense items are recognized in different time periods for financial reporting purposes than for income tax purposes. The following is a summary of our net provision for income taxes for continuing operations: Year Ended December 31 2009 2008 Retirement plan liabilities* A-12 termination Tax loss...

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    ... of operations, financial condition, cash flows or effective tax rate. The IRS has begun its examination of our 2007 to 2009 tax returns. As of January 1, 2010, the IRS selected General Dynamics to participate in its Compliance Assurance Process, a real-time audit, for 2010 and future years. We have...

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    .... We expect to bill substantially all of our year-end 2009 contracts-in-process balance, with the exception of these other contract costs, during 2010. 46 General Dynamics 2009 Annual Report Raw materials Work in process Pre-owned aircraft Other Total inventories $ 1,129 907 60 30 $ 2,126 $ 1,001...

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    ... balance sheet caption, follows: December 31 2009 2008 Salaries and wages Workers' compensation Retirement benefits Other (a) Total other current liabilities Retirement benefits Customer deposits on commercial contracts Deferred income taxes Other (b) Total other liabilities $ 694 517 353 1,424...

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    ... sheet for the full funded status of our defined-benefit retirement plans. The difference between the cumulative benefit cost recognized and the full funded status of these plans is recorded directly to AOCI, net of tax. See Note P for further discussion. 48 General Dynamics 2009 Annual Report

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    .... General Dynamics 2009 Annual Report 49 Foreign Currency Financial Statement Translation We translate foreign-currency balance sheets from our international business units' functional currency (generally the respective local currency) to U.S. dollars at the end-of-period exchange rates, and...

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    ... information, we believe the outcome of such ongoing government disputes and investigations will not have a material impact on our results of operations, financial condition or cash flows. Aircraft Trade-ins. In connection with orders for new aircraft in funded contract backlog, our Aerospace group...

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    ... three years: Year Ended December 31 2009 2008 2007 Stock options Restricted stock Total stock-based compensation expense, net of tax* $ 54 22 $ 49 19 $ 42 14 $ 76 $ 68 $ 56 * Stock-based compensation expense (pretax) is included in G&A expenses. General Dynamics 2009 Annual Report...

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    ...) in 2009, $30 ($0.05) in 2008 and $22 ($0.03) in 2007. On December 31, 2009, we had $51 of unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted stock and restricted stock units, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.4 years. 52 General Dynamics 2009 Annual Report

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    .... Upon payment, these recoverable contributions are assigned to contracts and billed to the customer in accordance with the Cost Accounting Standards and specific contractual terms. The cumulative pension and post-retirement benefit cost for some of these plans General Dynamics 2009 Annual Report 53

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    ... position of these plans. We recognize differences under nonqualified plans immediately. Our annual pension and other post-retirement benefit costs consisted of the following: Pension Benefits Year Ended December 31 2009 2008 2007 Defined-benefit Retirement Plan Summary Financial Information...

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    ... and plan/trust assets, and the resulting funded status, of our defined-benefit retirement plans: Pension Benefits Year Ended December 31 Other Post-retirement Benefits 2008 2009 2008 2009 Change in Benefit Obligation Benefit obligation at beginning of year Service cost Interest cost Amendments...

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    ... 31, 2009 and 2008, some of our pension plans had an ABO that exceeded the plans' assets. Summary information for those plans follows: Pension Benefits December 31 Weighted average used to determine benefit obligations Discount rate Rate of increase in compensation levels Weighted average used to...

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    ...mutual funds. These securities (or the underlying investments of the funds) are actively traded and valued using quoted prices for identical General Dynamics 2009 Annual Report 57 Increase (decrease) to net pension cost from: Change in discount rate Change in long-term rate of return on plan assets...

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    ... Fair Value Cash Equity securities U.S. companies International companies Fixed-income securities U.S. Treasury securities Corporate bonds Comingled funds Money market funds Equity funds Fixed-income funds Other investments Insurance deposit agreements Total other post-retirement plan assets...

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    ...to our business groups. Summary financial information for each of our business groups follows: Revenues Year Ended December 31 Operating Earnings 2007 2009 2008 2007 Revenues from U.S. Government 2009 2008 2007 2009 2008 Aerospace Combat Systems Marine Systems Information Systems and Technology...

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    ...STATEMENT OF EARNINGS Year Ended December 31, 2009 Parent Guarantors on a Combined Basis Other Subsidiaries on a Combined Basis Consolidating Adjustments Total Consolidated Revenues Cost of sales General and administrative expenses Operating earnings Interest expense Interest income Other, net...

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    ... Goodwill Other assets Investment in subsidiaries Total noncurrent assets Total assets LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities: Short-term debt Customer advances and deposits Other current liabilities Total current liabilities Noncurrent liabilities: Long-term debt Other liabilities...

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    ... Goodwill Other assets Investment in subsidiaries Total noncurrent assets Total assets LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities: Short-term debt Customer advances and deposits Other current liabilities Total current liabilities Noncurrent liabilities: Long-term debt Other liabilities...

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    ...: Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired Sales/maturities of available-for-sale securities Purchases of available-for-sale securities Capital expenditures Other, net Net cash used by investing activities Cash flows from financing activities: Purchases of common stock Proceeds from fixed-rate...

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    ... activities of each. The financial statements have been audited by KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report follows. L. Hugh Redd Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer John W. Schwartz Vice President and Controller 64 General Dynamics 2009 Annual Report

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    ... information set forth therein. We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), General Dynamics Corporation's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, based on criteria established in Internal Control...

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    ...company's disclosure controls and procedures were effective. The certifications of the company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act have been filed as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 to this report. 66 General Dynamics 2009 Annual Report

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    ... an audit report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. The KPMG report immediately follows this report. Jay L. Johnson President and Chief Executive Officer L. Hugh Redd Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer General Dynamics 2009 Annual Report 67

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    ... Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the Consolidated Balance Sheets of General Dynamics Corporation as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related Consolidated Statements of Earnings, Shareholders' Equity, and Cash Flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended...

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    ... General Dynamics Land Systems, July 2007 - October 2008; Senior Vice President - Ground Combat Systems, March 2003 - July 2007 John W. Schwartz - Vice President and Controller since March 1998 Lewis F. Von Thaer - Vice President of the company and President of General Dynamics Advanced Information...

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    ... inapplicable or not required, or because the required information is included in the Consolidated Financial Statements or the Notes thereto. 3. Exhibits See Index on pages 72 through 74 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. 70 General Dynamics 2009 Annual Report

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    ..., the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION By: John W. Schwartz Vice President and Controller February 19, 2010 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended...

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    ...the company and David A. Savner dated June 7, 2007 (incorporated herein by reference from the company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended July 1, 2007, filed with the Commission August 1, 2007) 4.3 4.4 4.5 10.1* 10.2* 10.3* 10.4* 72 General Dynamics 2009 Annual Report

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    ...4, 2009) Successor Retirement Plan for Directors (incorporated herein by reference from the company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, filed with the Commission March 5, 2004, SEC file number 1-3671) General Dynamics Corporation Non-employee Directors' 1999 Stock Plan...

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    ... Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002** Interactive Data File** * Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed pursuant to Item 15(b) of Form 10-K. ** Filed herewith. 74 General Dynamics 2009 Annual Report

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    ...Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer M. thomas Davis Vice President Strategic Planning Kendell Pease Vice President Government Relations and Communications BUSiNeSS GROUPS aeroSPaCe Combat SyStemS marine SyStemS inFormation SyStemS anD teChnology Joseph t. Lombardo Executive Vice...

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