LAFAYETTE, La. — A $55.2 million manufacturing investment is coming to Lafayette, promising to create more than 200 direct jobs for the community.

The positions will offer average annual salaries of $85,000.

This comes after DMR Technologies announced it will establish its first full-scale U.S. manufacturing facility in Lafayette on Dorset Avenue, where the company will produce and deploy its flagship Field Ranger X50 unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for the American market.

The company is expected to create 521 direct new jobs over the next 10 years with an average annual salary of $85,000, 151% of the parish average wage. Louisiana Economic Development (LED) estimates the project will result in an additional 766 indirect new jobs, for a total of 1,287 potential new job opportunities in t

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