User talk:Chefmikesf/sandbox/General Dynamics

Update General Dynamics article
Hi! I'm posting here on behalf of General Dynamics, a company I have declared my COI. The article is rated C class across the six wiki projects, giving a lot of room for improvement. To start, I noticed some inaccuracies and omissions in the Infobox, Corporate governance, Financials, and See also sections. Below are the suggested improvements to each part of the article. You can also see a draft version of these changes in my Sandbox. Let me know if there are any questions!--Chefmikesf (talk) 19:17, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

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Reason and Request: The current Infobox is out of date and missing data about the company's products and services. My suggestion updates the products, services, financials, and subsidiaries subsections. The Infobox also needs a photo of the headquarters. When the photo is available on Wikimedia Commons, I will update the request.

Current Infobox content

Proposed Infobox content

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Reason and Request: Corporate governance should have its own section. Based on WP:Companies guidelines, I'm suggested Corporate governance has its own section following the History section. Second, I created a table with the name and role for each of the board members.

Current Corporate governance content

Current members of the board of directors of General Dynamics are: Catherine Reynolds, Nicholas Chabraja, James Crown, William Fricks, Paul Kaminski, John Keane, Lester Lyles, Phebe Novakovic, William A. Osborn, Laura J. Schumacher and Robert Walmsley.

Proposed Corporate governance content

General Dynamics current chief executive officer is Phebe N. Novakovic.

Current as of December 2020

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Reason and Request: Financials section should have its own section. Based on WP:Companies, I'm suggested the Financials section have its own section following the Corporate governance section. Second, the current Financials section contains extraneous content not relevant to the section. My thoughts are to fold some of the content into the History section, e.g., paragraphs two and four, then remove the extraneous content, e.g., paragraph three.

Current Financials content

General Dynamics has $30.9 billion in sales as of 2017 primarily military, but also civilian with its Gulfstream Aerospace unit and conventional shipbuilding and repair with its National Steel and Shipbuilding subsidiary.

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.

The corporation's subsidiaries are donors to the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute.

10% of General Dynamic stock is owned by the Crown family, which includes Nancy Carrington Crown and Steven Crown. This is the family's largest single asset.

Proposed Financials content

For the fiscal year 2019, General Dynamics reported net income of US$3.484 billion, with an annual revenue of US$39.350 billion, an increase of 8.72% over the previous fiscal cycle. General Dynamics's shares traded at over $150 per share, and its market capitalization was valued at over US$43.27 billion in January 2021.

Current as of December 2020.

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Reason and Request: Please add relevant articles to the See also section.

Current See also content


 * Top 100 Contractors of the U.S. federal government
 * List of companies headquartered in Northern Virginia

Proposed See also content


 * Top 100 Contractors of the U.S. federal government
 * List of companies headquartered in Northern Virginia
 * List of military aircraft of the United States
 * List of United States defense contractors
 * List of current ships of the United States Navy
 * List of currently active United States military land vehicles
 * List of women CEOs of Fortune 500 companies
 * List of shipbuilders and shipyards

Edit Requests for General Dynamics Wikipedia article
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Reason and Request:The current Lead paragraph is outdated. Please update key factual data points with proposed copy below.

Existing Lead Paragraph sentence

General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is an American publicly traded, aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Reston, Virginia. As of 2020, it was the fifth-largest defense contractor in the world by arms sales, and 5th largest in the United States by total sales. The company is a Fortune 100 company, and was ranked No. 83 in 2020.

Formed in 1954 with the merger of submarine manufacturer Electric Boat and aircraft manufacturer Canadair, the corporation today consists of ten subsidiary companies with operations in 45 countries. The company's products include Gulfstream business jets, Virginia- and Columbia-class nuclear-powered submarines, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, M1 Abrams tanks and Stryker armored fighting vehicles.

In 2020, General Dynamics had worldwide sales of $37.9 billion and a workforce of more than 100,000 full-time employees. The current chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) is Phebe Novakovic.

Proposed Lead Paragraph sentence update

General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is an American publicly traded, aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Reston, Virginia. As of 2021, it was the fifth-largest defense contractor in the world by arms sales, and 5th largest in the United States by total sales. The company is a Fortune 100 company, and was ranked No. 94 in 2022.

Formed in 1954 with the merger of submarine manufacturer Electric Boat and aircraft manufacturer Canadair, the corporation today consists of ten subsidiary companies with operations in 45 countries. The company's products include Gulfstream business jets, Virginia- and Columbia-class nuclear-powered submarines, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, M1 Abrams tanks and Stryker armored fighting vehicles.

In 2020, General Dynamics had worldwide sales of $38.5 billion and a workforce of more than 103,000 full-time employees. The current chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) is Phebe Novakovic.

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Reason and Request: The current Timeline section mixes acquisitions, historical events, and executive leadership changes. The proposed content cleans up the content and turns it into a comprehensive acquisition and divestiture section. Please replace the current section with the proposed section.

Existing Timeline content

Timeline Electric Boat was established in 1899.

20th-century acquisitions


 * 1946 – Canadair purchased from the Canadian government.
 * 1952 – Electric Boat became General Dynamics.
 * 1953 – Convair merged with General Dynamics.
 * 1955 – Acquired Stromberg-Carlson.
 * 1957 - Purchased Liquid Carbonic Corporation of Chicago, Illinois, on September 30.
 * 1959 – Henry Crown acquires company and becomes majority shareholder.
 * 1962–1963 – Convair-produced Mercury-Atlas rockets launch four manned Mercury missions into low Earth orbit, including John Glenn.
 * 1971–1985 David S. Lewis, Jr., was chairman and chief executive officer. During his tenure, General Dynamics' revenues and earnings quadrupled.
 * 1982 – Formed General Dynamics Land Systems after the acquisition of Chrysler's combat systems.
 * 1995 – Acquired Bath Iron Works from Prudential Insurance.
 * 1996 – Acquired Teledyne Vehicle Systems.
 * 1997 – Acquired Lockheed Martin Defense Systems and Lockheed Martin Armament Systems.
 * 1997 – Acquired Advanced Technology Systems, formerly an operating unit of Lucent Technologies.
 * 1997 – Acquired Computing Devices International, formerly a division of Ceridian Corporation.
 * 1998 – Acquired National Steel and Shipbuilding Company.
 * 1999 – Acquired Gulfstream Aerospace from Forstmann Little.
 * 1999 – Acquired GTE Government Systems, Communication Systems, Electronic Systems and Worldwide Telecommunication Systems Divisions.
 * 2000 – Acquired Saco Defense from New Colt Holding Corp. which owned it since 1998.

21st-century acquisitions


 * 2001 – Acquired PrimeX Technologies Inc.
 * 2001 – Acquired Galaxy Aerospace Company from Israeli Aircraft Industries (IAI).
 * 2001 – Acquired Spain's Santa Bárbara Sistemas, one of the world's oldest arms manufacturers.
 * 2002 – Acquired German company EWK Eisenwerke Kaiserslautern, and changed its name to General Dynamics European Land Systems-Germany.
 * 2003 – Acquired GM Defense from General Motors.
 * 2003 – Acquired the Austrian heavy vehicle company Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug (SSF) from an Austrian investor group and formed the basis of General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS).
 * 2003 – Acquired Veridian and Digital Systems Resources.
 * 2003 – Acquired Datron's Intercontinental Manufacturing Company (IMCO) Unit.
 * 2004 – Acquired Spectrum Astro.
 * 2005 – Acquired MAYA Viz Ltd, the primary developer of the US Army's Command Post of the Future software into General Dynamics C4 Systems.
 * 2005 – Acquired Tadpole Computer.
 * 2005 – Acquired Itronix.
 * 2006 – Acquired FC Business Systems.
 * 2006 – Acquired Anteon International.
 * 2007 – Acquired Mediaware International.
 * 2008 – Acquired ViPS, Inc.
 * 2008 – Acquired Jet Aviation.
 * 2009 – Acquired Axletech International.
 * 2010 – Acquired Kylmar Ltd.
 * 2011 – Acquired Vangent, Inc. from The Veritas Capital Fund III, LP.
 * 2011 – Acquired Metro Machine Imperial Docks Inc.
 * 2011 – Acquired Force Protection Inc.
 * 2012 – Acquired Open Kernel Labs.
 * 2012 – Acquired Applied Physical Sciences.
 * 2016 - Acquired Bluefin Robotics into General Dynamics Mission Systems.
 * 2018 – Acquired CSRA Inc. for about $6.8 billion.

Divestitures


 * 1967 – General Atomics was sold to Gulf Oil.
 * 1969 - Forced by Federal order to divest itself of Liquid Carbonic Corporation in January; Liquid Carbonic was then purchased by Houston Natural Gas Co.
 * 1976 – Canadair sold back to the Canadian government.
 * 1981 – Following expropriation legislation passed by the government of the Province of Quebec, General Dynamics' Canadian subsidiary sold its 54.6% controlling interest in Asbestos Corporation Limited to the Quebec government-owned corporation, Société nationale de l'amiante (SNA).
 * 1991 – Data Systems Division sold to Computer Sciences Corporation.
 * 1992 – Tactical Missiles Division to Hughes Aircraft Company
 * 1992 – Cessna was sold to Textron.
 * 1992 – Electronics Division sold to Carlyle Group of Washington, D.C. and renamed GDE Systems.
 * 1993 – Fort Worth Division, a producer of fixed-wing military aircraft, was sold to Lockheed Corporation.
 * 1993 – Space Systems Division was sold to Martin Marietta.
 * 1994 – Convair's aerostructures unit's manufacturing work in San Diego was transferred to McDonnell Douglas.
 * 2006 – Material Service to Hanson.
 * 2007 – Freeman United Coal Mining Co. sold to Springfield Coal Co. for an undisclosed amount.
 * 2010 – Spacecraft development and manufacturing (a business group within the Advanced Information Systems division) to Orbital Sciences Corporation.
 * 2014 – Advanced Systems (another business line within Advanced Information Systems) to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates

Proposed Acquisitions timeline content

Divestitures
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Reason and Request: The Corporate governance section is outdated. Please update to match 2022 filings.

Current Corporate Governance

General Dynamics current chief executive officer is Phebe N. Novakovic. As of December 2020

Proposed Corporate Governance

Corporate governance
General Dynamics current chairman and chief executive officer is Phebe N. Novakovic.

Current as of December 2022.

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Reason and Request: The article lacks content about the company's carbon emissions data. The content is modeled after the content on other similar F500 company articles on Wikipedia.

Proposed Carbon emissions Section

Carbon emissions
General Dynamics reported Total CO2e emissions (Direct + Indirect) for the 2021 at 696,118 mt (-8.7% year over year) and aims to reducing greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2034. The company is on track to become Carbon neutral before 2060.

Company annual total CO2e Emissions - Location-Based Scope 1 + Scope 2 (in kilotonnes)

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Reason and Request: The article lacks content about the company's demographics data.

Proposed Company Demographics section 

Company Demographics
In 2021, General Dynamics U.S. workforce was 21% veterans, 23% female, and 27% people of color. The US Department of Labor awarded the company the 2021 HIRE Vets Gold Award.

The company has 26 Employee Resource Groups serving 10 employee segments.

Approximately 20% of the company's employees are represented by labor unions such as International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW).

Independent research published by American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), U.S. Department of Labor, Military Times, U.S. Veterans Magazine, Professional Women's Magazine, Forbes, and Fortune Magazine selected General Dynamics as a top employer.

General Dynamics' community contributions in 2021 were 70% in Education & Social Services, 18% in Arts & Culture, and 12% in Service Member Support.