GD execs: Protracted shutdown brings substantial risk

By Nick Wilson / October 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Despite strong financial results during the third quarter of 2025, General Dynamics executives are reckoning with disruptions arising from the ongoing government shutdown, including contracting delays, supply chain problems and a general lack of certainty in their defense business outlook. CEO Phebe Novakovic today said the now 24-day-long lapse in appropriations has caused “an awful lot of uncertainty” for the company in the near-term and warned that certain business areas could run out of funding if the shutdown extends into...

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