Dassault Aviation SA
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PRODUCTION_VERIFIED schema v3.0.0 Inferred last heartbeat: 2026-07-22T15:17:57.937444+00:00

Business Model Classification Tokens

contract_cycle_length
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enterprise_sales_motion
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procurement_complexity
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
vendor_lock_coefficient
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
bundle_discount_depth
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
cross_sell_attach_rate
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
bundle_churn_vs_single_churn
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
bundle_margin_blended
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
upsell_pathway_architecture
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
base_product_margin
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
consumable_margin
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
switching_cost_architecture
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consumable_repurchase_frequency
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
blade_dependency_coefficient
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run

Business Model Archetype Classification

University of St. Gallen — 55 Business Model Navigator (Gassmann et al.)

SG-035 Premium WHO High
Direct: pricing_architecture=Cost-plus government contracts limit margin compression; Falcon pricing is premium/inelastic, supported by brand scarcity and backlog. Corroborated: target_gross_margin_bracket=Estimated 20-28% gross margin; defense contracts yield lower margins (~15%), Falcon and services skew higher (~30%+) (High gross margin bracket (>60%) indicates premium positioni)
SG-024
Lock-in
WHO High
SG-013
Experience Selling
WHAT High
SG-036
Product to Capability
WHAT High
SG-049
Subscription
VALUE High
SG-039
Public Private Partnership
HOW High

Hybrid Combination

Premium (SG-035) WHO provides the core structure, combined with Lock-in (SG-024) + Experience Selling (SG-013) + Product to Capability (SG-036) to form the complete business model fingerprint.

55 Archetypes Evaluated High: 6 Medium: 15 Registry: schemas/sg55_archetype_registry.yaml

Knowledge Graph — All Sections

debt_leverage_profile
Net cash positive; Dassault holds ~€4B+ net cash, negligible financial debt, so a 20% rate rise has minimal P&L impact
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interest_rate_sensitivity
Near-zero sensitivity; company is net creditor, rising rates marginally boost interest income on cash reserves
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geopolitical_supply_exposure
Medium intensity; US-China trade tariffs on metals and components disrupt supply chains.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
supply_chain_dependency
French aerospace cluster (Safran, Thales single-source components) and US-origin avionics/composites subject to export control risk
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international_expansion_readiness
Significant USD exposure (US defense/Falcon sales), INR risk (India Rafale contracts), and EGP/QAR exposure in MENA export deals
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geographic_footprint
Revenue concentrated in France (domestic defense), USA (Falcon business jets), India and Middle East; USD and INR are key devaluation risks
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commodity_exposure_profile
Medium intensity; commodities: Steel, Aluminum, Copper, Crude Oil (fuel), Rare Earth Elements, Plastics/Resins; geopolitical: US-China trade tariffs on metals and components disrupt supply chains.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
vendor_lock_dependency_score
Safran (engines) and Thales (avionics) are effectively non-substitutable single-source suppliers for Rafale; high lock-in risk
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business_model_type_primary
Negligible cloud dependency; Dassault uses proprietary CATIA/3DEXPERIENCE (via Dassault Systèmes) on-premise infrastructure for design
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business_model_type_secondary
Manufacturing and defense OEM; cloud termination risk is low given on-premise and sovereign-cloud architecture for classified programs
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switching_cost_profile
Extremely low API coupling risk; proprietary CAD/PLM ecosystem with no material third-party API dependency in core operations
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howey_test_risk_index
Revenue from aircraft sales and government contracts; no Howey Test applicability — purely product/service revenue model
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regulatory_burden_tier
Medium
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
data_sovereignty_risk
Moderate GDPR exposure on civil Falcon customer data; defense programs governed by French secret-défense rules, largely exempt from CCPA
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antitrust_exposure_flag
Low domestic antitrust risk; French state is key stakeholder; export competition governed by ITAR/EAR and OECD arms-trade frameworks
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regulatory_exposure_profile
Medium burden; regimes: FAA, DOT, OSHA, EPA, ITAR, FTC; Export controls and defense procurement rules create contract concentration risk.
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
revenue_model_type
~60-70% recurring/multi-year (defense contracts, MRO, upgrades); ~30-40% transactional (Falcon deliveries per unit)
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monetization_vector
Dual vector: government defense procurement contracts and premium business jet (Falcon) unit sales with after-market services
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pricing_architecture
Cost-plus government contracts limit margin compression; Falcon pricing is premium/inelastic, supported by brand scarcity and backlog
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pricing_power_rating
High; sole-source Rafale supplier to French state; Falcon competes in ultra-premium segment with 12-24 month backlogs
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target_gross_margin_bracket
Estimated 20-28% gross margin; defense contracts yield lower margins (~15%), Falcon and services skew higher (~30%+)
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churn_vulnerability_index
No free-rider risk; products are high-ticket, regulated, and require contractual commitment; churn is structurally near-zero
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headcount_cost_structure
Revenue growth is headcount-linear for manufacturing; engineering and MRO scale sublinearly — hybrid model, capital-intensive production floor
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marginal_cost_of_growth
Marginal cost of incremental Falcon unit requires proportional labor and materials; no meaningful software-style leverage in production
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franchise_compliance_risk
Not applicable; no franchise model — direct OEM sales and government procurement only
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customer_acquisition_metric
At 10x scale, CAC would spike sharply; addressable market for Falcon ultra-long-range jets is <5,000 global prospects; market ceiling binds
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network_effect_present
No direct network effect; indirect ecosystem effect via Dassault Systèmes CATIA adoption, but core aviation revenue is non-networked
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asset_efficiency_ratio
AI displacement risk is low short-term; design/simulation AI may reduce engineering FTEs 10-15% over decade, not disruptive to core model
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recession_resistance_tier
Tier 2; defense revenue is recession-proof, but Falcon business jet demand is cyclical and dropped ~30% in 2009 global financial crisis
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customer_segment_primary
Sovereign governments (French MoD, export nations) — Rafale; accounts for ~55-60% of revenue
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customer_segment_secondary
Ultra-high-net-worth individuals and corporations purchasing Falcon business jets — remaining ~40-45% of revenue
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characteristic_occupations
["11-0000 Management Occupations", "13-0000 Business and Financial Operations Occupations", "15-0000 Computer and Mathematical Occupations", "17-0000 Architecture and Engineering Occupations", "23-0000 Legal Occupations", "33-0000 Protective Service Occupations", "37-0000 Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations", "41-0000 Sales and Related Occupations", "43-0000 Office and Administrative Support Occupations", "47-0000 Construction and Extraction Occupations", "49-0000 Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations", "51-0000 Production Occupations", "53-0000 Transportation and Material Moving Occupations"]
High
SOC-2018/GICS-overlay
agent_automatable_labor_share
0.3 (HIL — ~30% of characteristic roles agent-automatable)
Medium
SOC-2018 + agentic-exposure-v1
capital_expenditure_profile
Capex is maintenance-oriented with incremental modernization of Mérignac and Bordeaux facilities; no major legacy-to-future reallocation visible
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sec_cik
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ticker
Dassault Aviation trades on Euronext Paris as AM.PA; geopolitical supply risk partially priced in but defense backlog and net cash position suggest undervaluation
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Business Model Components

Core Space

> *Pending Turn 2 — Business Model Type Agent population.*

Interaction Modes

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Product Matrix

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Live Operational Signals

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Evaluation Gate — Persona Stress Tests

SKILL_BUFFETT_VAL_03PASS2026-07-22no unmet atoms among this persona's authored questions
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