# 328 Support Services and Germany form DRA GmbH to build D328NEU aircraft in Leipzig

328 Support Services GmbH (328SSG) and German federal and state ministries signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish DRA GmbH, a new OEM, with a final assembly line for the D328NEU aircraft at Leipzig/Halle Airport. The project anticipates creating up to 250 jobs in Leipzig and over 100 jobs in Oberpfaffenhofen.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2019-08-21
- Where: Leipzig/Halle Airport, Saxony, Germany
- Jobs: 350
- Status: announced
- Products: D328NEU aircraft
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [DRA GmbH](https://endata.com/companies/41465.md)
- [Sierra Nevada Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/22864.md) (investor)
- [328 Support Services GmbH](https://endata.com/companies/41464.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [airframer.com](https://www.airframer.com/news/release/328-support-services-gmbh-partners-with-germany-to-form-a-new-leipzig-based-oem), 2019-08-21: "Germany's return to the design and building of a Part 25 category commercial aircraft is long overdue and this new operation intends to create an aviation legacy founded on the heritage of aircraft pioneers."

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