CHANTILLY, Va. – General Dynamics Mission Systems has received the 2026 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA) for employee engagement. This award recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

For the second time, Gallup found that General Dynamics Mission Systems continues to set the standard for building a thriving, high-performance culture. The organization creates an environment where employees feel valued, heard and equipped to do their best work, even amid complexity and uncertainty.

"The mission-critical products we deliver for our customers demand excellence, and that starts with a culture where every employee feels valued and empowered to do their best work,” said Chris Brady, General Dynamics Mission Systems president. "I'm incredibly proud of our team for earning this recognition, but we are never done. We are once again using the detailed survey results to identify opportunities to continue improving.”

Gallup’s research consistently shows that organizations that prioritize both people and performance are better positioned for long-term success. Gallup’s meta-analysis on team engagement and performance is the most comprehensive workplace study ever conducted, with data on more than 3.3 million employees in 347 organizations across 53 industries and 90 countries. Highly engaged organizations significantly outperform their peers on important business outcomes, including customer ratings, profitability, productivity, turnover, safety incidents, shrinkage, absenteeism, quality, wellbeing and organizational citizenship.

For a complete list of GEWA winners, visit the 2026 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award Winners page. Learn more about the awards here.

Gallup delivers analytics and advice to help leaders and organizations solve their most pressing problems. Combining more than 80 years of experience with its global reach, Gallup knows more about the attitudes and behaviors of employees, customers, students and citizens than any other organization in the world.

General Dynamics Mission Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), provides mission-critical solutions to the challenges facing our defense, intelligence and cybersecurity customers across all domains. Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, General Dynamics Mission Systems employs approximately 12,000 people worldwide. For more information about the General Dynamics Mission Systems broad portfolio of capabilities, visit gdmissionsystems.com.