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Welcome to the General Dynamics UK Hub

General Dynamics UK is one of the world’s leading defence companies.  We work in partnership with the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence providing the nation’s primary land capabilities including Bowman, the British Armed Forces tactical communication system, and AJAX, the future of Armoured Fighting Vehicles for the...

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  • Aerospace
  • Civil/Building
  • Computing/Technology
  • Electronic & Electrical
  • Materials & Minerals
  • Mechanical/Manufacturing
  • Sciences/Maths

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General Dynamics UK is part of the General Dynamics Corporation.
Founded in 1962, delivering avionic systems to pioneering aircraft.
Global workforce of more than 90,000.
We provide the equipment that supports British Forces around the world.
Three UK locations: Oakdale (South Wales), Merthy Tydfil (South Wales) and Hastings (South East England).
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Videos (5)

General Dynamics UK Company video

General Dynamics UK Company video
EAGLE 6x6

EAGLE 6x6
AJAX - the future of Armoured Fighting Vehicles

AJAX - the future of Armoured Fighting Vehicles
Take a closer look at the first AJAX pre-production prototype.

Take a closer look at the first AJAX pre-production prototype.

General Dynamics UK has two primary lines of business: Mission Systems and Land Systems.

General Dynamics UK has two primary lines of business: Mission Systems and Land Systems.

Prince Charles Gives Engineers ‘A Big Thumbs Up’

The Prince of Wales said he was proud of engineering work during a visit to south Wales on Friday. The Prince paid a visit to Blackwood firm General Dynamics UK, which has been given the go-ahead to make more than 500 bespoke vehicles for the Ministry of Defence in a contract worth £3.5bn. He went on to give an impromptu speech at how the staff were doing a tremendous job. The Prince said, “It's a wonderful demonstration of British and Welsh engineering and it's a great thing...

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Nathan

Software Engineer

I work as a software engineer on the Canadian Maritime Helicopter Programme Stores Management System (MHP SMS). My typical day-to-day tasks involve development of software and production of technical documentation. I have worked on MHP for the...

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Sean

Systems Engineer

I joined the General Dynamics UK graduate scheme in 2015, after studying BEng (Hons) Systems Engineering and MSc Systems Engineering at Loughborough University. I work in the hardware team and my role varies on a weekly basis - for the first...

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General Dynamics Land Systems–UK completes first AJAX programme man...

  General Dynamics Land Systems–UK has successfully completed initial manned live firing tests onboard an ARES vehicle, a member of the AJAX family of Armoured Fighting Vehicles, at a range in Dorset, England. The manned firing trials tested the performance of the three weapons that can be mounted to the Kongsberg PROTECTOR Remote Weapon System: General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), Heavy Machine Gun (HMG) and Grenade Machine Gun (GMG). This was the first manned firing test for an...

Added: 20th December 2016

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Laura

Systems Engineer

I have been working at General Dynamics UK since September 2012 and during that time I have worked on three projects, including two in R&D and one in support activity.   I have been fortunate that I have been able to apply a lot of...

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