2010 Annual Report - application/pdf - Dassault Aviation

DASSAULT AVIATION
1.5.2 Customer support and services
In 2010, the Group:
• restructured its approved FALCON maintenance
center network and augmented its capacity in
Asia,
• obtained from the French Government the In
Service Support Package (MCO - "Maintien en
Condition Opérationnelle") contract for military
aircraft other than the RAFALE.
1.5.3 Subsidiary activities
• DASSAULT FALCON JET (United States): this
company markets FALCON jets and is responsible
for their interior fittings.
The company is headquartered in Teterboro,
New Jersey, while industrial activities are located
in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Its subsidiaries are:
- DASSAULT FALCON JET - WILMINGTON, an
aviation maintenance and service company,
located in Wilmington (Delaware),
- DASSAULT AIRCRAFT SERVICES, responsible
for promoting aircraft maintenance and
service sales in the United States, also located
in Wilmington (Delaware),
- APRO (50/50 joint venture with Messier-
Services Inc.), responsible for the repair and
maintenance of FALCON and ATR landing
gear and flight controls. The company’s
facility is located in Deerfield Beach, Florida.
• DASSAULT FALCON SERVICE (France),
based at Le Bourget airport, contributes to
FALCON support activities by:
- providing maintenance to FALCON aircraft in
operation,
- leasing and managing of FALCON aircraft as
part of public transport activities.
• DASSAULT PROCUREMENT SERVICES
(United States) is the central purchasing hub
in the United States for FALCON aviation
equipment.
• MIDWAY (United States) ensures the
overhaul and repair of civil aviation equipment
for French OEMs, suppliers for FALCONs or other
aircraft.
• SOGITEC INDUSTRIES (France) operates in
the simulation and documentation sectors.
1.5.4 Affiliates
• CORSE COMPOSITES AÉRONAUTIQUES
(France) is specialized in the production of
aviation parts made from composite materials, in
particular for its corporate shareholders (EADS
AIRBUS, LATECOERE, SNECMA and DASSAULT
AVIATION).
• EMBRAER (Brazil), a major player in the
aviation industry, enables the Group to maintain
its presence in South America, and particularly in
Brazil. We consider our investment in EMBRAER
as strategic.
• THALES (France), operates on the aviation and
aerospace, defense and security markets. Its
activities are described in its reference notice.
1.6 Research and Development
Upstream of the programs, to prepare the future,
we focus on research into aircraft concepts,
technological developments and the improvement of
our end-to-end processes.
Several stages in the overall Group plans preparing
for the next generation of FALCON aircraft with
innovative technologies have been passed,
including:
• definition and assessment of new operational
approach procedures,
• definition of new ground control laws,
• identification of major cockpit noise sources,
• laminarity measurements on a Falcon 7X tail unit.
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