{"id":59010,"date":"2020-05-06T11:04:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T11:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/05\/06\/general-dynamics-saw-1-billion-bump-after-canada-saudi-accord\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:24:13","slug":"general-dynamics-saw-1-billion-bump-after-canada-saudi-accord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2020\/05\/06\/general-dynamics-saw-1-billion-bump-after-canada-saudi-accord\/","title":{"rendered":"General Dynamics saw $1 billion bump after Canada-Saudi accord"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 General Dynamics has received $1 billion since the renegotiation of a $10 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2016\/01\/16\/after-saudi-executions-new-canadian-leaders-still-back-15b-vehicle-deal\/\" target=_blank>contract<\/a> for Canada to sell light armored vehicles to Saudi Arabia, company officials said on its first quarter earnings call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a deal last month, Canada lifted its ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia, which in turn agreed to a speedier payment schedule for the LAVs. Canada had the vehicles on hold since 2018, following the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi; and by October, Saudi Arabia had racked up $1.5 billion in back payments to General Dynamics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid news on the April 29 call that the company\u2019s revenue fell $512 million in connection with the coronavirus pandemic, General Dynamics Chief Financial Officer Jason Aiken highlighted \u201cthe formal signing of the restructured contract on the Canadian international program, which settled all issues to the satisfaction of the parties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith respect to our standing receivable you may recall that we received $500 million early in the first quarter and we received another $500 million this month. This will be very helpful to free cash flow in the second quarter,\u201d Aiken said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will begin a regular cadence of scheduled payments in 2021 consistent with deliveries and making further progress in the scheduled amortization of the arrearage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2019\/11\/06\/general-dynamics-is-missing-billions-due-to-a-canadian-saudi-spat\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LAV-6.0.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">General Dynamics is missing $1.5 billion due to a Canadian-Saudi spat<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The issue surrounds the production and sale of light armored vehicles to Saudi Arabia by General Dynamics&#039; Canadian subsidiary.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company\u2019s Combat Systems division had revenue of $1.7 billion, up 4.4 percent over the same quarter last year, and sales to the U.S. government were up 12 percent. 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Arms Trade Treaty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though the Trudeau government has been under political pressure to scrap the LAV deal over human rights concerns, Champagne said its cancellation would have \u201cresulted in billions of dollars in damages\u201d and risked thousands of Canadian jobs across the defense supply chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vehicles are made by the General Dynamics Land Systems subsidiary in London, Ontario.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Dynamics has received $1 billion since the renegotiation of a $10 billion contract for Canada to sell light armored vehicles to Saudi 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