Chairman and Chief Executive Officer · GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP (GD)

Phebe Novakovic

A named executive officer of GENERAL DYNAMICS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2017 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$25,924,082

FY2024: $23,794,702

1st of 5 named executive officers at General Dynamics by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for GENERAL DYNAMICS, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 27, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Phebe Novakovic compensation by year

GENERAL DYNAMICS Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as GENERAL DYNAMICS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,585,000$1,585,000$1,585,000$1,585,000$1,671,250$1,700,000$1,700,000$1,700,000$1,737,500
Bonus$0$0$0—$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$6,999,332$7,000,052$8,630,680$10,070,467$11,045,739$10,592,081$11,246,277$12,727,948$12,539,634
Option awards$7,000,390$6,999,708$3,746,192$4,139,834$4,350,097$4,499,650$4,649,716$5,024,300$5,220,445
Non-equity incentive$5,300,000$4,727,000$3,482,000$2,872,000$6,074,000$4,089,000$4,287,000$3,383,000$5,729,000
Pension and deferred compensation$300,661$0$484,613$381,567$0$0$0$0$0
All other$316,046$408,494$384,719$279,631$412,776$597,436$699,783$959,454$697,503
Total$21,501,429$20,720,254$18,313,204$19,328,499$23,553,861$21,478,167$22,582,776$23,794,702$25,924,082

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP DEF 14A filed March 27, 2026, accession 0001308179-26-000168, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP filed document, accession 0001308179-26-000168. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 27, 2026.

$21.5M
$20.7M
$18.3M
$19.3M
$23.6M
$21.5M
$22.6M
$23.8M
$25.9M
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU101,918$34,311,614—
RSU39,335$13,242,521—
Option48,965—$227.58
Option84,160—$257.55
Option83,170—$274.51

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

10 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 27, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-11-03Exercise or conversion—151,150$168.56917,607
2026-11-03Tax withholding—105,797$371.71811,810
2026-11-03Exercise or conversion derivative—151,150$0.000
2026-08-03Sale—15,917$383.09773,728
2026-08-03Sale—5,673$381.17812,352
2026-08-03Sale—22,707$382.17789,645
2026-08-03Sale—7,271$383.85766,457
2026-07-31Exercise or conversion derivative—166,660$0.000

The 8 most recent of 10 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

GENERAL DYNAMICS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Phebe Novakovic · this pageChairman and Chief Executive Officer$25,924,082
Jason AikenExecutive Vice President, Combat Systems and Mission Systems$9,747,163
Danny DeepPresident$8,394,711
Kimberly KuryeaSenior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$8,294,792
Mark BurnsExecutive Vice President of the company and President, Gulfstream Aerospace$8,283,948

Board service

GENERAL DYNAMICS board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: GENERAL DYNAMICS pays directors a $125,000 cash retainer and $170,000 in Restricted Stock and Stock Options. As stated in GENERAL DYNAMICS's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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