UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August 8, 2011 (August 3, 2011)

 

 

GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		1-3671		13-1673581
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
2941 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 100, Falls Church, Virginia				22042-4513
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)				(Zip Code)

(703) 876-3000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

(b) On August 8, 2011, General Dynamics Corporation issued a press release announcing that Jason W. Aiken, who has been a vice president of the company and the company’s controller since April 1, 2010, will become the chief financial officer of the company’s Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation subsidiary, effective September 1, 2011.

(c) The company also announced that on August 3, 2011, the board of directors elected Kimberly A. Kuryea to succeed Mr. Aiken as vice president and controller of the company, effective September 1, 2011. Ms. Kuryea, age 44, has served as chief financial officer of the company’s General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems subsidiary since November 2007, and prior to that time served as staff vice president of internal audit for the company from March 2004 to October 2007.

A copy of a press release issued by the company regarding these matters is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and incorporated herein.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

99.1		General Dynamics press release dated August 8, 2011.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: August 8, 2011

 

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