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Marcel Dassault (French pronunciation:; born Marcel Ferdinand Bloch; 23 January 1892 – 17 April 1986) was a French engineer and industrialist who spent his career in aircraft manufacturing. He was also involved in politics, serving intermittently more than three decades in both houses of the French Parliament from 1951 until his death in 1986.
Marcel Dassault during the Paris Air Show 1979. Besides his work in aviation, newspapers and politics, Dassault was keen on architecture, cinema, banking and the stock market. His services to his country earned him France’s highest honor, the Legion of Honor’s Grand Cross. Marcel Dassault died on 17 April 1986.
Marcel Dassault, né Marcel Ferdinand Bloch le 22 janvier 1892 dans le 9 e arrondissement de Paris et mort le 17 avril 1986 à Neuilly-sur-Seine, est un ingénieur, homme politique et entrepreneur français.
In 1954, Dassault established an electronics division (by 1962 named Electronique Marcel Dassault ), the first action of which was to begin the development of airborne radars, soon followed by seeker heads for air-to-air missiles, navigation, and bombing aids.
His aircraft-manufacturing company, Générale Aéronautique Marcel Dassault, led the postwar revival of the French aircraft industry, producing Europe’s first supersonic plane, the Mystère, as well as the highly successful line of delta-winged military aircraft called Mirages (from 1956).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
This method resulted in the creation of different aircraft families, with long production runs. Marcel Dassault carved out a strong position in military aviation, starting with the Ouragan and Mystère fighters, then the legendary Mirage family.
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Marcel Dassault, formerly Marcel Bloch, was a French electrical engineer and aircraft industrialist whose companies were responsible for some of the most iconic aircraft of the 20th Century....
