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General Dynamics demonstrated impressive growth in 2024, driven by strong performance across its aerospace, shipbuilding, combat systems, and technologies segments, ensuring a solid foundation. The company operates in both the defense industry and the business aviation market, holding a significant market position with a robust backlog of over $90 billion in orders. Financially, GD achieved record revenue growth, improved margins, and strong free cash flow, allowing for continued investments, dividends, and share buybacks, indicating financial stability and growth potential.

Dividend Aristocrats are outperforming the S&P 500 in 2025, demonstrating resilience, with NOBL up 1.78% YTD versus SPY's 4.9% decline. Top performers include Consolidated Edison (+22.98%), Brown & Brown (+20.65%), and AbbVie (+16.61%), showcasing strong double-digit gains. 29 out of 69 Dividend Aristocrats have announced dividend increases in 2025, with an average growth rate of 4.15%.

GD secures a $1.07 billion contract to provide long lead time material associated with Virginia Class Block VI submarines.

GROTON, Conn. , March 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), announced today it has been awarded a $1 billion undefinitized contract modification allowing Electric Boat to purchase long lead time materials for Virginia Class Block VI submarines as detailed in the U.S. Department of Defense contract announcement.

President Donald Trump awarded Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) a contract to build the U.S. Air Force's latest fighter jet, named F-47.

The article presents the highest-quality Dividend Champions, which are companies listed on U.S. exchanges that have consistently higher annual dividend payouts for at least 25 years. I use a quality scoring system with six quality indicators, each worth five points, for a maximum score of 30. The highest-quality Dividend Champions score four or five points for each quality indicator. Only 15 of 137 Dividend Champions made the list of highest-quality Dividend Champions.

In the latest trading session, General Dynamics (GD) closed at $263.41, marking a -0.86% move from the previous day.

European defense stocks are soaring, but valuations are stretched. I see a bigger opportunity in overlooked U.S. defense giants trading at attractive levels with strong dividends and record backlogs. Despite regulatory noise and budget fears, American defense contractors offer rock-solid fundamentals, wide moats, and a history of outperforming the market. With a growth-to-value rotation underway, I'm betting on U.S. defense stocks to deliver alpha. They're undervalued, dividend-rich, and poised for long-term success.

Collaboration will deliver comprehensive cloud, AI and cybersecurity solutions to drive digital modernization, deliver efficiencies and advance government missions   FALLS CHURCH, Va. , March 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics, announced today that it has expanded its technology partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) through a new Strategic Collaboration Agreement to drive digital modernization, deliver efficiencies and advance government missions.

HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Everfox announced its collaboration with General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) to deliver a solution addressing insider threat risks.