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Dassault-Breguet Weapon Systems

Dassault-Breguet was the merged French aerospace manufacturer that became Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation after the 1971 Dassault-Breguet merger. In this catalog it anchors the legacy builder facet for Dassault-built military aircraft and cooperative trainer programs such as the Alpha Jet.

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Dassault-Breguet marks the period when Breguet Aviation was folded into the Dassault industrial line and the merged company operated as Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation, or AMD-BA. That transition sits between the earlier Dassault and Breguet aviation businesses and the later Dassault Aviation name used from 1990 onward.

For the archive, the profile is useful because it captures the production lineage behind aircraft that remain visible in the catalog, especially the Alpha Jet and the broader family of French military aircraft built during the AMD-BA era.

Military aircraftTrainer aircraftStrike aircraftBusiness jetsAerospace manufacturing

Notable Systems

Alpha Jet

Dassault and Dornier designed the Alpha Jet as a twin-engine, twin-seat trainer and tactical-support aircraft; Dassault's own history pages identify it as the first Dassault trainer jet built as a cooperative venture.

Sources: Alpha Jet

Builder History

  1. The French state pushes a Breguet acquisition

    Dassault Aviation's history says the government asked Marcel Dassault to acquire Breguet Aviation as part of a wider industrial-rationalization effort.

    Sources: History: 1965 to 1986

  2. Dassault acquires a controlling stake in Breguet Aviation

    Société des Avions Marcel Dassault acquired 66% of Breguet Aviation's capital on 27 June 1967.

    Sources: History: 1965 to 1986

  3. AMD-BA is created

    The merger of Breguet Aviation with Société des Avions Marcel Dassault was finalized in December 1971 and the company became Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation.

    Sources: History: 1965 to 1986

  4. The company is renamed Dassault Aviation

    The board changed the company name from Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation to Dassault Aviation on 19 June 1990.

    Sources: The Dassault Aviation Logo

Predecessors
Breguet AviationSociété des Avions Marcel Dassault
Successors
Dassault Aviation
Website links
Official websiteCompany profileHistory: 1965 to 1986The Dassault Aviation LogoAlpha Jet

Dassault Aviation's own history pages record the transition through the 1967 Breguet capital acquisition, the 1971 merger finalization, and the 1990 rename. This profile keeps the legacy Dassault-Breguet name and uses the successor company's Saint-Cloud headquarters as the current public reference point.

Builder Sources

  • History: 1965 to 1986Publisher: Dassault Aviation | Note: Supports the 1967 Breguet capital acquisition, the 1971 merger finalization, and the creation of Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation (AMD-BA). | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • The Dassault Aviation LogoPublisher: Dassault Aviation | Note: Supports the 19 June 1990 name change from Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation to Dassault Aviation. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Company profilePublisher: Dassault Aviation | Note: Supports Dassault Aviation's current aerospace scope across military aircraft, business jets, and space systems. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Alpha JetPublisher: Dassault Aviation | Note: Supports the Alpha Jet as a Dassault-Dornier trainer and tactical-support aircraft and as a key cooperative program in the Dassault-Breguet lineage. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • General conditions of usePublisher: Dassault Aviation | Note: Supports the successor company's registered office and headquarters line at 78, quai Marcel Dassault, 92210 Saint-Cloud, France. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Dassault Aviation headquarters imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the builder image provenance; the file page identifies the Saint-Cloud headquarters photo and licenses it under CC0 1.0. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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