Operational since summer 2024, the Cergy site has taken over operations previously conducted at the Argenteuil plant, now deemed outdated. Activities include assembly of Falcon and Rafale skin panels and small parts, forward fuselage assembly, Rafale fuselage outfitting, and metal hose production.
The modern facility employs more than 600 engineers, technicians, foremen and skilled workers, most of whom transferred from Argenteuil. It is Dassault Aviation’s first new production facility since the 1970s.
“This is Dassault Aviation’s first new production facility since the 1970s. It sends a positive signal to the aerospace sector and to industry as a whole. France possesses unique expertise that we must preserve and develop within our national territory. This is a question of sovereignty, which is particularly vital in the current context. It is also an economic and social imperative, to meet the challenge of reindustrializing our country and creating jobs,” said Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation.
