corps of armament

The Corps des ingénieurs de l'armement (French pronunciation: [kɔʁ de ɛ̃ʒenjœʁ də laʁməmɑ̃]) ([kɔʁ dez‿ɛ̃ʒenjœʁ də laʁməmɑ̃]) is a Technical Grand Corps of the French State (grand corps de l'Etat [ɡʁɑ̃ kɔʁ də leta]), aimed at providing the French Armed Forces with all appropriate equipment and supervising the French Aerospace & Defence industry. The corps members are the ingénieurs de l'armement ([ɛ̃ʒenjœʁ də laʁməmɑ̃]) nicknamed IA in French. They are high level engineers and public servants with military status, originating for most of them (more than 2/3 by decree) from Ecole polytechnique and trained at Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace (ISAE) (formation SUPAERO), ENSTA Paris, or other French or international universities. The Corps des ingénieurs de l'armement's main...