UNITED STATES 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

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GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION 

11011 Sunset Hills Road

Reston, Virginia 201960

SUPPLEMENT TO DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT RELATING TO

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2022

On March 24, 2022, General Dynamics Corporation (the “Company”) filed a definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which was recently distributed in connection with the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for May 4, 2022. The Company is filing this supplement to the Proxy Statement solely to clarify and correct certain information relating to Robert K. Steel’s role with Perella Weinberg Partners and, relatedly, the number of his other public company directorships. Accordingly, in Mr. Steel’s biography on page 21, the final bullet point is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

“Mr. Steel currently serves as Vice Chairman of Perella Weinberg Partners and also as a director USHG Acquisition Corp. He served as a director of Cadence Bancorporation within the past five years.”

Relatedly, in the table “2022 Board of Director Nominees” on page 6, the row relating to Mr. Steel is hereby superseded in its entirety by the following:

			Director	Other Public	Committee Membership
Name and Primary Occupation	Independent		Since	Company Boards	AC	CC	FBPC	NCGC	SC
ROBERT K. STEEL Vice Chairman and Partner, Perella Weinberg Partners	✔	2021		2		✔	✔	✔	µ

This Supplement does not change or update any of the other disclosures contained in the Proxy Statement.

This supplement to the Proxy Statement is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and made available to the Company's shareholders on or about April 5, 2022. The Company's 2022 Proxy Statement and 2021 Annual Report are available at www.gd.com/2022proxy. Proxy materials also may be accessed at www.proxyvote.com.

Except as amended or supplemented by the information contained in this supplement, all information set forth in the Proxy Statement continues to apply and should be considered in voting your shares.

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