DGA Direction Générale de l'Armement

Type
Business expansion
Country
France
Region
Bretagne; Bretagne; Ille-et-Vilaine
Location of affected unit(s)
Bruz
Sector
Public Administration / Defence
84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
84.2 - Provision of services to the community as a whole
84.22 - Defence activities
250 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
6 August 2010
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2010
Foreseen end date

Description

The Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA), the government agency in France responsible for developing and evaluating weapons systems, is to invest 30 million euros towards expanding its site in Bruz, creating 250 additional jobs by 2012. Four additional buildings will be constructed, including a laboratory for R&D. By 2012, the site of Bruz host all activities for the Ballistic Research Laboratory and aerodynamic (LRBA - Laboratoire de recherches balistiques et aérodynamiques ) of Vernon (450 employees), in Normandy, which would close in two years.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2010), DGA Direction Générale de l'Armement, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 70895, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/70895.