CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
General Dynamics Corporation:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the previously filed registration statements (Nos. 33-23448, 2-23904, 2-24270, 33-42799, 333-26571, 333-74574, 333-77024 and 333-80213-01) on Form S-8 of General Dynamics Corporation of our report dated June 26, 2002, relating to the statement of net assets available for benefits of the General Dynamics Corporation Hourly Employees Savings and Stock Investment Plan as of December 31, 2001 and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year then ended, which report appears in the December 31, 2001 Form 11-K of the General Dynamics Corporation Hourly Employees Savings and Stock Investment Plan.
| /s/ KPMG LLP KPMG LLP |
McLean, VA
June 28, 2002
