Editing General Dynamics (section)

===21st century===
[[File:Gulfstream G650 departs Bristol 23rdAug2014 arp.jpg|thumb|In 1999, the company acquired Gulfstream Aerospace. Here, a [[Gulfstream G650]] departs [[Bristol Airport]], England, in 2014.]]
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.<ref>{{cite news|date=4 June 2004|title=BAE outguns US rival with £355m bid for Alvis|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2004/jun/04/themilitary|access-date=30 June 2017}}</ref>

On August 19, 2008, GD agreed to pay $4 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the US Government claiming that a GD unit fraudulently billed the government for defectively manufactured parts used in US military aircraft and submarines. The US alleged that GD defectively manufactured or failed to test parts used in US military aircraft from September 2001 to August 2003, such as for the [[C-141 Starlifter]] transport plane. The GD unit involved, based in [[Glen Cove, New York]], closed in 2004.<ref>''[[The Washington Post]]'', "General Dynamics To Settle Suit For $4 Million", August 19, 2008, p. D4.</ref>

In 2014, the government of Canada announced it had selected the General Dynamics Land Systems subsidiary in [[London, Ontario]], to produce [[LAV-25|Light Armoured Vehicles]] for [[Saudi Arabia]] as part of a $10 billion deal with the [[Canadian Commercial Corporation]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/general-dynamics-canada-wins-10b-deal-with-saudi-arabia-1.2537934|title=General Dynamics Canada wins $10B deal with Saudi Arabia|last=Cudmore|first=James|date=14 February 2014|publisher=CBC News |access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> The sale has been criticized by political opponents because of the [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen]].<ref name="Post_union">{{cite news |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/union-asks-ndp-to-keep-saudi-armoured-vehicles-deal-under-wraps-fearing-significant-job-losses |title=Union asks NDP to keep Saudi armoured vehicles deal 'under wraps', fearing 'significant' job losses |work=Postmedia Network |date=30 September 2015 |access-date=30 September 2015 |author=De Bono, Norman}}</ref><ref name="Globe and Mail 2019-06-20">{{cite news |title=Advocates urge Ottawa to cease sales of military goods to Saudi Arabia amid growing backlash against war in Yemen |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-advocates-urge-ottawa-to-cease-sales-of-military-goods-to-saudi-arabia/ |work=The Globe and Mail |date=20 June 2019 }}</ref> In December 2018, after Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] suggested Canada might scrap the deal, the company warned that doing so could lead to "billions of dollars in liability" and risk the loss of thousands of jobs.<ref>{{cite news |title=General Dynamics warns Canada: Cancelling Saudi deal would cost billions |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/general-dynamics-saudi-arabia-canada-armoured-vehicles-deal-khashoggi-1.4950565 |publisher=CBC/Radio-Canada |date=18 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/general-dynamics-canada-wins-10b-deal-with-saudi-arabia-1.2537934|title=General Dynamics warns Canada: Canceling Saudi deal would cost billions|last=Ljunggren|first=David|date=17 December 2018|agency=Reuters |publisher=CBC |access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> Trudeau has since said that while he is critical of Saudi conduct, he cannot simply scrap the deal because "Canada as a country of the rule of law needs to respect its contracts."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://business.financialpost.com/investing/general-dynamics-reports-financial-fallout-with-saudi-arabia-after-khashoggi-killing|title=Tension between Canada and Saudi Arabia is now weighing on an American defence giant's earnings |website=Financial Post|date=2019-02-13|language=en-CA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418044259/https://business.financialpost.com/investing/general-dynamics-reports-financial-fallout-with-saudi-arabia-after-khashoggi-killing|archive-date=2019-04-18 |access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> On 30 January 2019, CEO [[Phebe Novakovic]] warned investors that the matter had "significantly impacted" the company's cash flow because Saudi Arabia was nearly $2 billion in arrears on its payments.<ref>{{cite news |title=General Dynamics reports financial fallout with Saudi Arabia |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2019/02/12/general-dynamics-reports-financial-fallout-with-saudi-arabia/ |agency=The Washington Post |work=Press Herald |quote="Our payment issue got caught up in a larger international political issue, diplomatic issue," Novacovik told investors. "While we got some payment last year, those diplomatic contretemps slowed the payment that we otherwise anticipated."}}</ref>

In 2018, General Dynamics acquired information technology services giant [[CSRA (IT services company)|CSRA]] for $9.7 billion, and merged it with GDIT.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2018/04/03/general-dynamics-completes-csra-acquisition/|title=General Dynamics completes CSRA acquisition|last=Mehta|first=Aaron|date=2018-04-04|website=Defense News|language=en-US |access-date=2019-08-21}}</ref>

General Dynamics has been accused by groups such as [[Code Pink]] and [[Green America]] of "making money from human suffering by profiting off the migrant children held at U.S. detention camps"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.codepink.org/general_dynamics|title=General Dynamics: Divest from War & Prisons |publisher=Code Pink |access-date=2019-08-21}}</ref> due to its IT services contracts with the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|Department of Health and Human Services]]' [[Office of Refugee Resettlement]], the government agency that operates shelters for unaccompanied children to include those separated from their families as part of the [[Trump administration family separation policy]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://qz.com/1309460/defense-contractors-like-general-dynamics-are-profiting-from-child-detention-and-you-might-be-too/ |title=US defense contractors profit from child detention—and you might, too |last=Fernholz |first=Tim |work=Quartz |access-date=2018-06-20 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article213385464.html |title=Job postings offer clues to inner workings of facilities for immigrant children |work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |access-date=2018-06-20 |language=en}}</ref> The company says it has no role in constructing or operating detention centers, and that its contracts to provide training and technical services began in 2000 and have spanned across four presidential administrations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gd.com/en/about-gd/faqs|title=Frequently Asked Questions |publisher=General Dynamics |language=en |access-date=2019-08-21}}</ref>

It was announced in September 2018 that the U.S. Navy awarded contracts for 10 new Arleigh Burke-class destroyers from General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and Huntington Ingalls Industries.<ref>{{cite web |last1=MarEx |title=U.S. Navy Places Advance Order for 10 New Destroyers |url=https://maritime-executive.com/article/u-s-navy-places-advance-order-for-10-new-destroyers |website=maritime-executive.com |access-date=30 September 2018}}</ref>

Former [[United States Secretary of Defense|U.S. Secretary of Defense]] General [[Jim Mattis]] re-joined the company's [[board of directors]] in August 2019. He had previously served on the board, but resigned and divested before becoming Secretary of Defense.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://politi.co/2OJGryI|title=Jim Mattis rejoining General Dynamics board of directors|last=Feldscher|first=Jacqueline|website=Politico|language=en |access-date=2019-08-21}}</ref>

In September 2020, General Dynamics announced a strategic counter-drone partnership, providing General Dynamics' global network with access to [[Dedrone Holdings|Dedrone's]] complete drone detection and defeat technology.<ref>[https://uasweekly.com/2020/09/04/general-dynamics-mission-systems-and-dedrone-enter-strategic-partnership/ "General Dynamics Mission Systems and Dedrone Enter Strategic Partnership"] ''UAS Weekly''. Retrieved September 24, 2020.</ref>

In December 2020, the board of directors for General Dynamics announced a regular quarterly dividend of $1.10, payable on February 5, 2021.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=General Dynamics Board Declares Dividend|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/general-dynamics-board-declares-dividend-301185056.html|access-date=2020-12-27|publisher=PR Newswire|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=General Dynamics Board Declares Dividend|url=https://www.wfmz.com/news/pr_newswire/pr_newswire_business/general-dynamics-board-declares-dividend/article_0fa2ec3b-7fe2-5df5-813b-077613b6640f.html|access-date=2020-12-27|publisher=WFMZ |language=en}}</ref>

On December 26, 2020, General Dynamics confirmed that their business division General Dynamics Land Systems was awarded a $4.6 billion contract by the U.S. Army for M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams main battle tanks.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-21|title=General Dynamics Unit Gets $4B Army Contract to Produce Modern Battle Tanks|url=https://www.govconwire.com/2020/12/general-dynamics-unit-gets-4b-army-contract-to-produce-modern-battle-tanks/|access-date=2020-12-27|language=en-US}}</ref>

According to a report by [[Reuters]], General Dynamics was the primary contractor for a United States military-run [[Propaganda in the United States|propaganda]] campaign to spread disinformation about the [[Sinovac Biotech|Sinovac]] Chinese [[COVID-19]] vaccine, including using fake social media accounts to spread the disinformation that the Sinovac vaccine contained pork-derived ingredients and was therefore ''[[haram]]'' under [[Sharia|Islamic law]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Bing |first=Chris |last2=Schechtman |first2=Joel |date=June 14, 2024 |title=Pentagon Ran Secret Anti-Vax Campaign to Undermine China during Pandemic |url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/ |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> The campaign primarily targeted people in the [[Philippines]] and used a social media [[hashtag]] for "China is the virus" in [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]].<ref name=":6" /> The campaign ran from the spring of 2020 to mid-2021.<ref name=":6" /> In 2024, General Dynamics IT was awarded a $493 million contract by The Pentagon.<ref name=":6" /> According to an unnamed source cited by Reuters, a military audit of General Dynamics's work on the project concluded that the company had engaged in sloppy [[tradecraft]] and took inadequate precautions to conceal the origins of the fake accounts created for the campaign.<ref name=":6" />

General Dynamics' [[Israel–United States military relations|supply of weapons to Israel]] in the [[Gaza war]] has led to protests at facilities in [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]]; [[Lincoln, Nebraska]]; [[Saco, Maine]]; [[New London, Connecticut]]; and [[Garland, Texas]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Bellow |first=Heather |date=2023-10-20 |title=Activists protest General Dynamics in Pittsfield over defense contracts and the Israel-Hamas war |url=https://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/pittsfield-general-dynamics-israel-hamas-palestinians-war-berkshire-communists-activists/article_ec204d1c-6ee4-11ee-8e1e-cb6121da994b.html |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=The Berkshire Eagle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pro-Palestinian Protest Outside General Dynamics |url=https://www.dailynebraskan.com/diversity_inclusion/gallery-pro-palestinian-protest-outside-general-dynamics/collection_58f97ac4-804e-11ee-b0a8-87a8bd3c9d5f.html |work=Daily Nebraskan |date=November 10, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Portland City Council unanimously backs resolution calling for ceasefire in Gaza |url=https://mainemorningstar.com/briefs/portland-city-council-unanimously-backs-resolution-calling-for-ceasefire-in-gaza/ |work=Maine Morning Star |date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 4, 2024 |title=Arrests at anti-nuke protest with Oppenheimer cutouts at Electric Boat in New London |url=https://www.theday.com/police-fire-reports/20240304/anti-nuke-protest-leads-to-arrests-at-eb-in-new-london/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=www.theday.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Choi |first=Hojun |date=2024-03-07 |title=Pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested at Garland facility for aerospace and defense firm |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2024/03/07/pro-palestinian-demonstrators-arrested-at-garland-facility-for-aerospace-and-defense-firm/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Dallas News |language=en}}</ref>