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| − | '''General Dynamics''' is a US-headquartered arms manufacturer, ranked sixth largest arms firm in the world.
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| − | In December 2016 it appointed the former head of the British Army, Sir [[Peter Wall]] as a director.
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| − | The chairman of General Dynamics UK is Lord [[Peter Levene]], a former adviser to [[Michael Heseltine]] during his years as a Conservative defence minister in the eighties.
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| − | ==Controversies==
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| − | ===Saudi contracts===
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| − | General Dynamics' Canadian wing signed a controversial $15 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia, to supply land combat vehicles.
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| − | ===London arms fair platinum sponsor===
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| − | General Dynamics was a 'platinum sponsor' of the 2017 DSEI arms fair.
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| − | ==Recent MOD contracts==
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| − | In March 2018 UK defence secretary, [[Gavin Williamson]], announced the MOD had signed a contract to spend almost £4million with [[Thales]] and [[General Dynamics Land Systems-UK]] to deliver a vehicle-mounted acoustic shot detection system, named the Acusonic sensor, which can sense and report the direction of incoming enemy fire. <ref> [https://www.forces.net/news/deal-worth-ps37-million-announced-armys-armoured-vehicles Deal Worth £3.7 Million Announced For Army's Armoured Vehicles], Forces Network, 15 March 2018, accessed 26 March 2018 </ref>
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| − | ==Revolvers==
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| − | *Sir [[Peter Wall]]
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| − | *Lord [[Peter Levene]]
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| − | *[[Andrew Cahn]]
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