RESTON, Va. (AP) — RESTON, Va. (AP) — General Dynamics Corp. (GD) on Wednesday reported first-quarter earnings of $799 million.

The Reston, Virginia-based company said it had profit of $2.88 per share.

The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.89 per share.

The defense contractor posted revenue of $10.73 billion in the period, surpassing Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $10.2 billion.

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