Aviation is an industry shaped by cumulative experience. You cannot become an aircraft manufacturer overnight. On the occasion of various site visits carried out in the first half of the year, Éric Trappier and Loïk Segalen were able to check on the progress of the Dassault Aviation Transformation Plan. On June 28th, the CEO visited Mérignac, where he enjoyed the exciting presentation of the scientific day organised simultaneously in Saint-Cloud, eastern Mérignac by the General Technical Division, Direction Générale Technique. While on his same trip, the CEO presided over a ceremony in honour of the martyrs of aeronautics industry in front of the still dedicated to the memory of workers and members of the French Resistance who died or were shot or deported during the Second World War. Today, at our own level, we are striving to ensure that France continues to keep control of its destiny with powerful tools that will guarantee its freedom of decision and action.