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General dynamics is formed through the combination of the electric boat company canadair and several others.

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Uss nautilus the world s first nuclear powered submarine is christened at electric boat. The direct drive dc torquer motor is ideally suited to high acceleration applications requiring improved response for rapid start stop actions. General dynamics ordnance and tactical systems brush type dc torque motors are engineered for. 92 in the 2019 fortune 500 list of the largest united states corporations by total revenue.

General electric general motors general dynamics general atomics general mills etc. This thread is archived. In february 1982 chrysler announced the sale of chrysler defense its profitable defense subsidiary to general dynamics for us 348 5 million. It is headquartered in reston fairfax county virginia.

General dynamics merges with material service corporation. General dynamics corporation gd is an american aerospace and defense corporation. History edit the company was founded by electrical inventor william woodnut griscom in 1880. The electro dynamic company manufactured electric motors and generators 1880 2000 principally as a subsidiary of the electric boat division of general dynamics and its predecessors.

General dynamics land systems gdls is a manufacturer of military vehicles such as tanks and lighter armored fighting vehicles its swiss subsidiary is mowag. Brush type dc motors. As of 2019 it was the fifth largest defense contractor in the united states and the sixth largest in the world by sales. The sale was completed in march 1982 for the revised figure of us 336 1 million.

Common applications for general dynamics direct drive dc motors include aerospace and defense platforms such as radar missile seekers and electro stabilized systems.