Editing General Dynamics (section)

===20th-century acquisitions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Acquisition
!Business group
|-
!1947
|[[Canadair]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History |publisher=General Dynamics |url=https://www.gd.com/about-gd/our-history |access-date=2022-12-27 |language=en}}</ref>
|Aerospace
|-
!1953
|[[Convair]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1954/03/02/archives/boards-approve-convair-merger-general-dynamics-to-step-up-as-vast.html|title=Boards Approve Convair Merger; General Dynamics to Step Up as Vast Defense Complex if Stockholders Concur|work=The New York Times|date=March 2, 1954 |access-date=April 22, 2020}}</ref>
|Aerospace
|-
!1955
|[[Stromberg-Carlson]]<ref name="history3">{{cite web|url=https://www.gd.com/about-gd/our-history|title=Our History|publisher=General Dynamics |access-date=April 22, 2020}}</ref>
|Combat Systems
|-
!1957
|Liquid Carbonic Corporation<ref>{{cite web|url=https://explore.chicagocollections.org/marcxml/chicagohistory/30/rj49z1s/|title=Liquid Carbonic Industries Corporation records|publisher=Chicago Collections |access-date=April 22, 2020}}</ref>
|Aerospace
|-
!1959
|Material Service Corporation<ref>{{Cite web |title=Irving Crown, who helped found the Material Service Corp.,... |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/03/02/Irving-Crown-who-helped-found-the-Material-Service-Corp/4418541659600/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |publisher=UPI |language=en}}</ref>
|
|-
!1982
|Chrysler's combat systems<ref>{{Cite news |date=1982-03-17 |title=Chrysler Unit Sold |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |agency=Reuters |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/17/business/chrysler-unit-sold.html |access-date=2022-12-27 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|Combat Systems
|-
!1995
|[[Bath Iron Works]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=1995-08-18 |title=General Dynamics to Buy Bath Iron Works Shipyard : Defense: The purchase would give the contractor access to $2 billion in orders for Navy ships. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-08-18-fi-36555-story.html |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
|Marine Systems
|-
!1996
|Teledyne Vehicle Systems<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/08/business/450-million-dynamics-deal-for-two-units.html|title=$450 Million Dynamics Deal For Two Units|work=The New York Times|date=November 8, 1996 |access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref>
|Marine Systems
|-
!1997
|Advanced Technology Systems<ref>{{Cite news|title=General Dynamics Will Acquire Pair of Lockheed Martin Units |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB84737564019142500 |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>
|Combat Systems
|-
!1997
|Lockheed Martin Defense Systems<ref name="Washington Business Journal">{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/1997/03/24/daily5.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020619083016/http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/1997/03/24/daily5.html|title=Lockheed Martin improves debt rating|website=[[Washington Business Journal]]|archivedate=June 19, 2002|date=1997|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}</ref>
|Combat Systems
|-
!1997
|Lockheed Martin Armament Systems<ref name="Washington Business Journal"/>
|Combat Systems
|-
!1997
|Computing Devices International<ref>{{Cite web |title=Computing Devices International :: Rochester Avionic Archives |url=https://rochesteravionicarchives.co.uk/manufacturer/computing-devices-international |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=rochesteravionicarchives.co.uk}}</ref>
|Technologies
|-
!1998
|[[National Steel and Shipbuilding Company]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=1998-10-09 |title=Defense Giant to Purchase Nassco for $415 Million |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-oct-09-fi-30651-story.html |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
|Marine Systems
|-
!1999
|[[Gulfstream Aerospace]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=1999-05-18 |title=Forstmann Nets $5B from Gulfstream Sale |newspaper=New York Post |url=https://nypost.com/1999/05/18/forstmann-nets-5b-from-gulfstream-sale/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|Aerospace
|-
!1999
|GTE Government Systems<ref>{{Cite news |date=1999-06-23 |title=General Dynamics, GTE in Deal |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-23-fi-49320-story.html |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
|Technologies
|-
!2000
|[[SACO Defense|Saco Defense]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.generaldynamics.com/news/press-releases/detail.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1811=13292|title=General Dynamics Completes Acquisition of Saco Defense Corp.|date=June 30, 2000|publisher=General Dynamics |access-date=28 May 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529052121/http://www.generaldynamics.com/news/press-releases/detail.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1811=13292|archive-date=29 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.courant.com/1998/05/20/colts-agrees-to-buy-gunmaker-in-maine/|title=Colt's Agrees To Buy Gunmaker In Maine|date=May 20, 1998|newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]] |access-date=28 May 2014}}</ref>
|Combat Systems
|}
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