# General Dynamics names Danny Deep CEO as Novakovic moves to executive chairman Deep, the company's president, takes over on Jan. 1, 2027, from Novakovic, CEO since 2013. Published 2026-10-08 by TGOs. Canonical: https://tgos.io/news/2026/10/08/general-dynamics-names-danny-deep-ceo-as-novakovic-moves/ General Dynamics' board chose a 25-year company veteran whose two promotions in 2025 took him from running one business group to a companywide brief.[1][2][3][4] Novakovic will move from chairman and CEO to executive chairman of the board when Deep takes over a company that generated $52.6 billion in revenue in 2025.[1][2] Deep was president of General Dynamics Land Systems from April 2020 to April 2024, then executive vice president of Combat Systems.[2] In June 2025, GD made him executive vice president of Global Operations, and Novakovic said he would "focus on improving operating performance across each of the company's business units."[3] He became president that December and joined the board on Aug. 5, 2026.[2][4] The company Deep will run has a second leadership change under way, at General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT). On Oct. 2, GD said Amy Gilliland, GDIT's president since 2017, is no longer with the company.[5] Paul Nedzbala, GDIT's senior vice president and chief business officer, was appointed acting president.[5] ## Why it matters The next appointment to watch is a permanent GDIT president: Novakovic said Nedzbala will serve "in an interim capacity until a new GDIT president is named."[5] At the top, neither GD's Oct. 7 release nor its 8-K says what the executive chairman role will cover or how Novakovic and Deep will divide the work from Jan. 1.[1][2] ## Sources 1. General Dynamics: Deep Elected CEO of General Dynamics, Novakovic to Executive Chairman (Oct. 7, 2026) 2. General Dynamics, Form 8-K, Item 5.02 (Oct. 7, 2026) 3. General Dynamics: General Dynamics Announces Personnel Moves (June 4, 2025) 4. General Dynamics: General Dynamics Announces Personnel Move (Dec. 5, 2025) 5. General Dynamics: Nedzbala appointed interim president of GDIT (Oct. 2, 2026)