FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Aiken Jason W 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/01/2014 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP [GD] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O GENERAL DYNAMICS, 2941 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Senior Vice President and CFO 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) FALLS CHURCH, VA 22042 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock, $1.00 par value 8,484 D   Common Stock, $1.00 par value 8,200 (1) D   Common Stock, $1.00 par value 1,880 (2) D   Common Stock, $1.00 par value 10.521 I 401(k) Plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Options	  (3)	03/01/2018	Common Stock	23,890	$ 74.81	D	Â
Stock Options	  (4)	03/06/2019	Common Stock	21,500	$ 71.01	D	Â
Stock Options	  (5)	03/05/2020	Common Stock	28,890	$ 67.7	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Aiken Jason W C/O GENERAL DYNAMICS 2941 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE FALLS CHURCH, VA 22042	Â	Â	  Senior Vice President and CFO	Â

Signatures

Neal Wheeler, by Power of Attorney		01/06/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents shares of restricted stock subject to service-based vesting that will be released approximately four years after the grant date.
(2)	Represents a target number of restricted stock units ("RSUs"), each of which entitles the Reporting Person to receive one share of General Dynamics common stock. The number of RSUs ultimately earned by the Reporting Person will be determined based on a performance metric tied to return on invested capital during the year of grant and may range from 0% to 200% of the target amount. Following the performance period, the earned RSUs are subject to an additional three year time-vesting period.
(3)	Fifty percent became exercisable on 03/02/2012 and the remaining fifty percent became exercisable on 03/02/2013.
(4)	Fifty percent became exercisable on 03/07/2013 and the remaining fifty percent will become exercisable on 03/07/2014.
(5)	Fifty percent will become exercisable on 03/06/2014 and the remaining fifty percent will become exercisable on 03/06/2015.

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