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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the General
Dynamics Corporation Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1994,        
and the related Consolidated Statement of Earnings for the year ended December
31, 1994 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial
statements. 
</LEGEND>
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