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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000040533-20-000033
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SD
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20200529
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200529

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:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03671
		FILM NUMBER:		20926567

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11011 SUNSET HILLS RD
		CITY:			RESTON
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			20190
		BUSINESS PHONE:		703-876-3000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11011 SUNSET HILLS RD
		CITY:			RESTON
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			20190
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Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><table style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;display:inline-table;width:100.000%;"><tr><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:1.174%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:80.407%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:12.419%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">x<br></font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2019.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="height:5pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="height:5pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:22.5pt;"><div style="position:absolute;bottom:0;width:100%;"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i2a302b998f724fb89bd1f2af6bdceaae_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="height:45pt;width:100%;"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><table style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;display:inline-table;width:99.561%;"><tr><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:17.530%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:17.530%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:17.530%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:17.530%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:19.880%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="height:3pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="height:3pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="height:3pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="height:3pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="height:3pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Section 1&#8212;Conflict Minerals Disclosure</font></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report</font></div><div style="padding-right:15.75pt;margin-top:3pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">General Dynamics Corporation is submitting this Form SD in compliance with Rule 13p-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. </font></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Summary</font></div><div style="padding-right:22.5pt;margin-top:3pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">Based on General Dynamics&#8217; reasonable country of origin inquiry (&#8220;RCOI&#8221;) and the procedures described in this Form SD, General Dynamics has determined that, with respect to many of its products subject to inquiry by Rule 13p-1 for the period from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 (the &#8220;Reporting Period&#8221;), the company has no reason to believe these products contain Conflict Minerals (as defined in Rule 13p-1) that may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (collectively, the &#8220;Covered Countries&#8221;).  General Dynamics determined that it does have reason to believe that a limited amount of necessary Conflict Minerals in some products may have originated in a Covered Country.</font></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry</font></div><div style="padding-right:22.5pt;margin-top:3pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">Each of the business units that manufactured or contracted to manufacture products completed during the Reporting Period (the &#8220;Completed Products&#8221;) evaluated those products to determine if Conflict Minerals may have been present and potentially necessary to the production or functionality of the Completed Products. Following this evaluation, each business unit then engaged in a RCOI by identifying, through a risk-based approach, those suppliers that were likely to provide products containing Conflict Minerals during the year ended December 31, 2019. The business unit (in certain cases in conjunction with a third-party vendor) then contacted each identified supplier to ascertain whether Conflict Minerals were used in the supplier&#8217;s products as provided to the business unit. In the aggregate, General Dynamics&#8217; business units reviewed over 60,000 supplier inquiries during the current Reporting Period and the prior reporting periods covering calendar years 2013 through 2019.</font></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">Supplier responses can be grouped into five main categories&#58;</font></div><div style="text-indent:-20.25pt;padding-left:56.25pt;margin-top:3pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">(1)</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:8.02pt;">The supplier represented that its products did not contain Conflict Minerals from the Covered Countries.</font></div><div style="text-indent:-20.25pt;padding-left:56.25pt;padding-right:15.75pt;margin-top:3pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">(2)</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:8.02pt;">The supplier represented that it had not completed its own diligence about its products in order to be able to certify to the business unit whether the supplier&#8217;s products contain Conflict Minerals from the Covered Countries.</font></div><div style="text-indent:-20.25pt;padding-left:56.25pt;padding-right:40.5pt;margin-top:3pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">(3)</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:8.02pt;">The supplier represented that it had completed its diligence but was unable to determine whether its products contain Conflict Minerals from the Covered Countries.</font></div><div style="text-indent:-20.25pt;padding-left:56.25pt;padding-right:45pt;margin-top:3pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">(4)</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:8.02pt;">The supplier represented that its products contained Conflict Minerals that did or may have originated in the Covered Countries.</font></div><div style="text-indent:-20.25pt;padding-left:56.25pt;margin-top:3pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">(5)</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:8.02pt;">The supplier provided no response to the inquiry.</font></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;margin-bottom:9pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">The business units evaluated each response to provide a level of assurance as to the response&#8217;s validity. For nonresponsive suppliers, the business units conducted additional outreach (including mailings or telephone contact).</font></div><div style="padding-right:22.5pt;margin-top:3pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">Following the RCOI, two business units concluded that they had no reason to believe that any necessary Conflict Minerals contained in certain Completed Products may have originated in a Covered Country. Eight business units determined that they had reason to believe that a limited amount of necessary Conflict Minerals contained in some Completed Products may have originated in a Covered Country. Pursuant to the Public Statement issued by the SEC&#8217;s Division of Corporate Finance on April 7, 2017, General Dynamics has provided only the disclosure required under the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of Item 1.01 of Form SD.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:45pt;"><div style="position:absolute;bottom:0;width:100%;"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i2a302b998f724fb89bd1f2af6bdceaae_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="height:42.75pt;width:100%;"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><table style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;display:inline-table;width:99.561%;"><tr><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:17.530%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:17.530%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:17.530%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:17.530%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:19.880%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="height:3pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="height:3pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="height:3pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="height:3pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="height:3pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.55pt;"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:24.75pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">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 duly authorized undersigned.</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.45pt;"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.55pt;"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">By&#58; </font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration: underline;">&#47;s&#47; PHEBE N. NOVAKOVIC                               </font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">Phebe N. Novakovic</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">Date&#58; May 29, 2020</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:42.75pt;"><div style="position:absolute;bottom:0;width:100%;"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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