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Letter from the Chairman

Management at General Dynamics focuses on maintaining the trust and confidence of four groups: our shareholders, our customers, our employees, and our communities. We define our communities broadly, to include the local communities where our products and services are designed, manufactured and operated as well as the larger community encompassing the world environment. Sustainability means balancing our commitment to all four groups so that our company can continue the growth we have experienced since our founding in 1952.

For our SHAREHOLDERS, the focus is on financial results. At our core, we are in business to earn a fair return for our shareholders. In doing so we must utilize our company’s assets wisely and deliver on our promises to our customers, our employees and the communities in which we operate. We disclose publicly our quarterly and annual financial results in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). We will provide a summary of our financial results here, and we provide links to our SEC filings in the Investor Relations section of our website.

We maintain strong relationships with our defense, commercial, and Gulfstream business-jet aircraft CUSTOMERS. Our customers include those who purchase and manage our products and services as well as the men and women who use them in the field. Because a significant portion of our business is defense related we have included a section in this report on some of our initiatives that support our nation’s armed forces.

Our EMPLOYEES are key to our success, and our ability to design, manufacture, and support the products our customers need. Our programs to attract, support, and retain these employees are discussed in this website.

Supporting our COMMUNITIES has always been important to General Dynamics. The initiatives we have to support our communities are widespread and diverse, and too voluminous to completely capture across our business units. This Sustainability website highlights a cross section of these initiatives as examples of the support we provide to our communities around the world.

In this website we have addressed our efforts to preserve and protect the trust and confidence of these groups. We have included metrics where they are relevant and meaningful from a corporate perspective, and not competition sensitive. In some cases, particularly employee benefits and local community support, we give our business units the latitude to tailor their programs and support to the specific needs of their employees and local communities. In this website we provide representative examples of these benefits and support from across our company.

Sincerely, Nicholas D. Chabraja Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

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