Dassault Aviation becomes a Patron of the Charles de Gaulle Foundation
09 Octobre 2024 - 10:38AM
Dassault Aviation becomes a
Patron of the Charles de Gaulle
Foundation
Saint-Cloud, France, October 9,
2024 – Yesterday, when France celebrated the 60th
anniversary of the first operational alert of the Mirage IV of the
Strategic Air Forces, a patronage agreement were signed by the
Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation Éric Trappier and the
Chairman of the Charles de Gaulle Foundation Hervé Gaymard. The
signing – attended by the Minister of the French Armed Forces
Sébastien Lecornu – took place at Colombey-les-Deux-Églises
(Haute-Marne, France), where General de Gaulle once lived and is
now buried.
As part of its corporate philanthropy program,
Dassault Aviation wishes to support the Charles de Gaulle
Foundation, in order to uphold its actions and accomplishments to
promote and enhance the work of General de Gaulle.
General de Gaulle and Dassault Aviation share
many common features that, despite the passage of time, remain
firmly rooted in the identity and values of the company, its
management and its employees.
The aerospace and defense sector owes much of
its current success to industrial Gaullism. France’s great
industrial champions – Dassault Aviation included – are the direct
heirs of this policy. The latter aimed to give France back control
over its destiny, by developing national weapons systems – the only
way to guarantee its sovereignty: “If France is to wield a sword,
it ought to be its own”, the General once explained. Since 1964,
Dassault aircraft have been helping to defend the nation’s vital
interests, successively with the Mirage IV, a copy of which was
inaugurated yesterday in front of the Colombey memorial, the Mirage
2000 and the Rafale. His patriotism and love for economic
sovereignty are etched into Dassault Aviation’s DNA, spurring the
company on to support France’s armed forces, industrial fabric and
territories for over a century.
General de Gaulle once thanked Marcel Dassault
“for the part he played in upholding France’s caliber.” Dassault
Aviation intends to carry on this legacy, by striving for
innovation and excellence as it always has; from the post-war
Ouragan fighter, followed by the Mystère fighter, the Mirage
fighter and the Falcon business jets, to tomorrow’s Rafale F5
omnirole fighter and a future fighter aircraft successor after
tomorrow.
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ABOUT DASSAULT AVIATION:
With over 10,000 military and civil aircraft
(including 2,700 Falcons) delivered in more than 90 countries over
the last century, Dassault Aviation has built up expertise
recognized worldwide in the design, development, sale and support
of all types of aircraft, ranging from the Rafale fighter, to the
high-end Falcon family of business jets, military drones and space
systems. In 2023, Dassault Aviation reported revenues of €4.8
billion. The company has 13,500
employees. dassault-aviation.com
PRESS CONTACTS:
Corporate
Communications Stéphane
Fort - Tel +33 (0)1 47 11 86 90 -
stephane.fort@dassault-aviation.com Mathieu Durand - Tel +33 (0)1
47 11 85 88 - mathieu.durand@dassault-aviation.com
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