Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
General Dynamics Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $536M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 1,027
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 97th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $522,176
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Land Systems) · Sponsored by General Dynamics Corporation · Virginia · Manufacturing
$536M in assets, 1,027 participants
General Dynamics Corporation's General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Land Systems) reported $536M in total assets and 1,027 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.
- #17,032 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Where General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Land Systems) sits by assets
General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Land Systems) sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $536M for 1,027 participants (~$522,176/participant), down 12.9% in 2024.
- #17,032
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -12.9%
- assets change YoY
- 5.4×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $80M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Land Systems)'s outsized position by total assets
General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Land Systems) vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$536,274,306 Top 3% higher than 97% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Land Systems)'s large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Land Systems) lands in the large band (1,027 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Land Systems) reported net income fell from $5M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$80M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Land Systems) end-of-year assets fell from $615M in the plan year 2023 filing to $536M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Land Systems) reported participants fell from 1,096 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,027 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 131673581 · General Dynamics Corporation PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Land Systems) · $536M · 1,027 · 97th
- SCH $536M
- SCH 1,027
- SCH 97th
- SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
- SCH near The Guardian Field Representative Employees' Retirement Plan
- SCH ind #17032
Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Virginia →
General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Land Systems) in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $615M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $535M |
| Net Income | -$80M |
| Employer EIN | 131673581 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2018-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (General Dynamics Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All General Dynamics Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $33.4B 11.992919867650146% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16 | 107,750 | $29.9B |
| 2023 | 14 | 115,717 | $32.7B |
| 2024 | 11 | 111,719 | $33.4B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Virginia
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Northrop Grumman Pension Plan $18.8B · 12,678
- Retirement Security Plan $11.5B · 56,633
- Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund $8.9B · 63,530
- Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla $8.4B · 6,737
- Dominion Energy Pension Plan $8.3B · 11,758
General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Land Systems)'s out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Guardian Field Representative Employees' Retirement Plan in NY ($536M); by covered participants it is Modern Woodmen of America Employees' Retirement Plan in IL (1,030 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($536M here).
- The Guardian Field Representative Employees' Retirement Plan (NY) $536M · 1,941
- Finra Employees Retirement Plan (DC) $535M · 1,224
- Brown Health Defined Benefit Retirement Plan (RI) $538M · 7,041
- American National Insurance Company Employees Retirement Plan (TX) $535M · 1,047
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,027 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Modern Woodmen of America Employees' Retirement Plan (IL) 1,030 · 3 off
- United Wire, Metal & Machine Pension Fund (NY) 1,030 · 3 off
- Pension Plan for Non-Bargaining Unit Employees of Kyocera International, Inc. & Participating Companies (CA) 1,023 · 4 off
- Western Glaziers Retirement Plan (WA) 1,031 · 4 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.