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<IMS-DOCUMENT>0000040533-94-000009.txt : 19941213
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000040533-94-000009
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	19941212
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial statements and exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		19941212
SROS:			NONE

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000040533
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SHIP & BOAT BUILDING & REPAIRING [3730]
		IRS NUMBER:				131673581
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03671
		FILM NUMBER:		94564267

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3190 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE
		CITY:			FALLS CHURCH
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22042
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7038763375

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3190 FAIRVIEW PARK DR
		CITY:			FALLS CHURCH
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22042
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                     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) 12 December 1994




                       General  Dynamics  Corporation

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)




                 Delaware           1-3671           13-1673581
              (State or Other     (Commission       (IRS Employer
               Jurisdiction      File Number)    Identification No.)
             of Incorporation)

                3190 Fairview Park Drive,            22042-4523
                 Falls Church, Virginia              (Zip Code)
        (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                               (703) 876-3000
             Registrant's telephone number, including area code

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                     INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN REPORT

Item 5.         Other Events

                On December 9, 1994, the United States Court of Federal Claims
                filed the order attached as an exhibit hereto in the matter of
                MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION AND GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION
                VS. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Such exhibit is incorporated 
                herein in accordance with General Instruction F to Form 8-K.


Item 7.         Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)             Exhibits.

                99 - Court Order




                                  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.

Date 12 December 1994

                                          GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION
                                                  (Registrant)


                                         By   /s/  E. ALAN KLOBASA
                                                 E. Alan Klobasa
                                                    Secretary


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<TYPE>EX-99
<SEQUENCE>2
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                IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS



       McDonnell Douglas Corporation and
         General Dynamics Corporation,
                                                No. 91-1204C
                  Plaintiffs,
                                                Filed: December 9, 1994
                      vs.

           UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                  Defendant.




                                    ORDER

           Plaintiffs allege in Count XVII that they were improperly
terminated for default. We held trial beginning September 1993 and agreed to
defer substantive rulings to facilitate settlement negotiations. The Navy
urged further delay in July, and plaintiffs objected. Additional delay in
ruling on Count XVII is not warranted.

           Testimony and other evidence at trial showed that the A-12 contract
was not terminated because of contractor default. The contract was terminated
because the Office of the Secretary of Defense withdrew support and funding
from the A-12. Prior to that, the Navy did not believe that the contractors'
performance justified termination for default.

           Detailed findings of fact will be submitted following trial on the
remaining issues. The decision terminating the contract for default was not
properly made and therefore is VACATED.

           IT IS SO ORDERED.



                                                /s/  Robert H. Hodges, Jr.
                                                Robert H. Hodges, Jr.
                                                Judge

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