Dassault Aviation inaugurates first new production facility since the 1970s

Dassault Aviation officially inaugurated a new production facility in Cergy, northwest of Paris, on 23 September 2025, during a ceremony presided over by Dassault Aviation Chairman and CEO Éric Trappier.

The new state-of-the-art facility, which features a roof fully equipped with solar panels, smart lighting, an innovative ventilation system for its halls and offices and green space integrated into the plant, covers a 110,760 m² area that includes a production space of 39,700 m². It has a workforce of more than 600 employees and has been operational since the summer of 2024.

The new facility has taken over operations previously carried out at Dassault’s now-outdated plant in Argenteuil, including assembly of Falcon and Rafale skin panels and small parts; forward fuselage assembly; Rafale fuselage outfitting; and metal hose production.

“This is Dassault Aviation’s first new production facility since the 1970s,” Trappier noted at the inauguration ceremony. “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 reindustrialising our country and creating jobs.”