Défense Conseil International

Défense conseil international is the French Ministry for Defense's operator for exporting French military abroad to the for armies flagged as "friendly" is the DCI group. It comes as a merger of 4 companies of which COFRAS is the older (established in 1972), NAFVCO (1980 now Naval Group), AIRCO (1984), DESCO (1990) each of which were for each of the branches of French army. (they pertain respectively Land, Navy, Air and Special forces domains of armament) Bearing the "Formation armées françaises" label, DCI exports military advising, training, technical assistance services and weaponry. The DCI group is headquartered in Paris, with several other sites within France. It also has locations abroad, notably in the Middle East in Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and in Southeast Asia in Malaysia, Singapore and, recently, India. DCI is continuing its international expansion, particularly in Asia and Latin America. With 1079 employees, the DCI group had turnover of over €227.6 M in 2016. DCI operates closely with the French Armed Forces, and as the French state is the main investor the company is under the command of the French State.