| Year | Detail |
| 1952 |
General Dynamics is formed. |
| 1953 |
Acquired Convair. |
| 1959 |
General Dynamics merges with Material Service Corp. |
| 1982 |
Acquired Chrysler Defense; General Dynamics Land Systems formed. |
| 1995 |
Acquired Bath Iron Works. |
| 1998 |
Acquired NASSCO. |
| 2001 |
Acquired Motorola Integrated Systems and Primex Technologies. |
| 2002 |
Purchased German company EWK Eisenwerke Kaiserslautern. |
| 2004 |
Acquired Swiss vehicle manufacturer MOWAG. |
| 2006 |
Purchased Anteon International Corp. |
| 2008 |
Purchased Jet Aviation, a global business aviation service provider based in Switzerland. |
| 2011 |
Acquired Metro Machine Imperial Docks in Norfolk, Virginia. |
| 2014 |
Established General Dynamics European Land Systems-Czech. |
| 2018 |
Acquired Germany's FWW Fahrzeugwerk GmbH. |
| 2020 |
Electric Boat begins full construction of first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine. |