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| Network | 2429403 - Disclosure - Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements - Condensed Consolidating Statements Of Earnings (Detail) (http://www.generaldynamics.com/role/CondensedConsolidatingFinancialStatementsCondensedConsolidatingStatementsOfEarningsDetail) |
| Table | Condensed Consolidating Financial Information [Table] |
| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0000040533 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
| Condensed Consolidating Financial Information [Line Items] | Period [Axis] | ||||||||||||||
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2013-01-01 - 2013-12-31 | 2012-01-01 - 2012-12-31 | 2011-01-01 - 2011-12-31 | |||||||||||||
| Legal Entity [Axis] | Legal Entity [Axis] | Legal Entity [Axis] | |||||||||||||
| Parent Company [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Consolidation, Eliminations [Member] | Entity [Domain] | Parent Company [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Consolidation, Eliminations [Member] | Entity [Domain] | Parent Company [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Consolidation, Eliminations [Member] | Entity [Domain] | |
Revenues | 0 | 27,272,000,000 | 3,946,000,000 | 0 | 31,218,000,000 | 0 | 26,349,000,000 | 5,164,000,000 | 0 | 31,513,000,000 | 0 | 26,253,000,000 | 6,424,000,000 | 0 | 32,677,000,000 |
Cost of sales | 20,000,000 | 22,175,000,000 | 3,259,000,000 | 0 | 25,454,000,000 | (20,000,000) | 23,614,000,000 | 4,810,000,000 | 0 | 28,404,000,000 | (13,000,000) | 21,336,000,000 | 5,498,000,000 | 0 | 26,821,000,000 |
G&A | 74,000,000 | 1,664,000,000 | 341,000,000 | 0 | 2,079,000,000 | 89,000,000 | 1,618,000,000 | 569,000,000 | 0 | 2,276,000,000 | 90,000,000 | 1,499,000,000 | 441,000,000 | 0 | 2,030,000,000 |
Operating earnings | (94,000,000) | 3,433,000,000 | 346,000,000 | 0 | 3,685,000,000 | (69,000,000) | 1,117,000,000 | (215,000,000) | 0 | 833,000,000 | (77,000,000) | 3,418,000,000 | 485,000,000 | 0 | 3,826,000,000 |
Interest, net | (93,000,000) | 1,000,000 | 6,000,000 | 0 | (86,000,000) | (158,000,000) | (3,000,000) | 5,000,000 | 0 | (156,000,000) | (143,000,000) | 0 | 2,000,000 | 0 | (141,000,000) |
Other, net | 1,000,000 | 6,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 0 | 8,000,000 | (126,000,000) | (4,000,000) | (6,000,000) | 0 | (136,000,000) | 5,000,000 | 27,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 0 | 33,000,000 |
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes | (186,000,000) | 3,440,000,000 | 353,000,000 | 0 | 3,607,000,000 | (353,000,000) | 1,110,000,000 | (216,000,000) | 0 | 541,000,000 | (215,000,000) | 3,445,000,000 | 488,000,000 | 0 | 3,718,000,000 |
Provision for income taxes | (56,000,000) | 1,058,000,000 | 119,000,000 | 0 | 1,121,000,000 | (137,000,000) | 854,000,000 | 156,000,000 | 0 | 873,000,000 | (43,000,000) | 1,097,000,000 | 112,000,000 | 0 | 1,166,000,000 |
Discontinued operations, net of tax | (129,000,000) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (129,000,000) | 0 | (26,000,000) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (26,000,000) | ||||
Equity in net earnings of subsidiaries | 2,616,000,000 | 0 | 0 | (2,616,000,000) | 0 | (116,000,000) | 0 | 0 | 116,000,000 | 0 | 2,724,000,000 | 0 | 0 | (2,724,000,000) | 0 |
Net earnings (loss) | 2,357,000,000 | 2,382,000,000 | 234,000,000 | (2,616,000,000) | 2,357,000,000 | (332,000,000) | 256,000,000 | (372,000,000) | 116,000,000 | (332,000,000) | 2,526,000,000 | 2,348,000,000 | 376,000,000 | (2,724,000,000) | 2,526,000,000 |
Comprehensive income | 3,947,000,000 | 2,820,000,000 | 191,000,000 | (3,011,000,000) | 3,947,000,000 | (795,000,000) | 21,000,000 | (90,000,000) | 69,000,000 | (795,000,000) | 1,650,000,000 | 2,228,000,000 | 183,000,000 | (2,411,000,000) | 1,650,000,000 |