Dassault Aviation

By Thierry Dubois, Robert Wall
While Bombardier and Gulfstream have led business jet deliveries, the Falcon 10X may help revive Dassault’s market share.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Dassault Aviation is counting on the Falcon 10X’s cabin dimensions and comfort features as decisive selling points for the company’s new flagship business jet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Dassault Aviation has started building parts for its Vortex spaceplane demonstrator with the aim of building momentum for a project it wants to see flying as early as 2028.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Thierry Dubois
Dassault Aviation’s new Falcon 10X does not just draw on the company’s military aircraft heritage, it also plans to add to it with special mission applications.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Dassault Aviation included novel pilot assistance features in the design of the Falcon 10X's flight deck, reducing pilot workload and bringing more automation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
In developing the new Falcon 10X business jet, Dassault engineers have relied on an engineering simulator to begin creating operating procedures.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois, Robert Wall
The shapes of Dassault Aviation’s new business jet, the Falcon 10X, were designed for high-speed cruise, a company technical sales manager said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois, Robert Wall
Dassault Aviation is finalizing plans for the Falcon 10X entry into service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois, Robert Wall
Dassault Aviation has unveiled the long-awaited Falcon 10X business jet as it prepares for an intense period of flight trials.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
A dogfight is underway in the ultra-long-range business jet market as Bombardier, Dassault and Gulfstream roll out or ramp up their latest jets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Industry leaders from a variety of bizav segments share their insights and predictions for 2026.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
After missing its target for Falcon business jet deliveries in 2025, Dassault is striving to cut production cycles, Chairman and CEO Eric Trappier said March 4.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Dassault Aviation has been gradually increasing the production rate of the Rafale fighter, aiming for four aircraft per month in 2029.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Thierry Dubois
Dassault Aviation CEO Éric Trappier has rejected a German idea for a two-fighter approach in the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Richard Aboulafia
With Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. largely out of the way, India can leverage its buying power and talent to promote its aerospace industry.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The procurement of Safran Hammer bomb kits for Ukraine follows on from a broader strategic partnership between Norway and France that was agreed to last summer.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jens Flottau
MTU Aero Engines' new boss wants to maintain the engine partnership with Safran to jointly pursue the fighter programs likely to emerge from the anticipated divorce between France and Germany on the Next-Generation Fighter portion of their FCAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System program is starting to focus on what elements can be preserved even if the partners go their separate ways.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Dassault Aviation is looking to the Falcon 10X’s first flight as the moment when early sales momentum should pick up as the French business jet maker readies the aircraft’s formal unveiling next month.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Dassault Aviation has shared when it plans to formally unveil its new Falcon 10X business jet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
German chancellor Friedrich Merz says Berlin and Paris will make a decision in a few weeks on whether to jointly pursue a future combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
FCAS is suffering due to a slow pace of decision-making rather than political will to work together, France’s ambassador to Germany says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Dassault Aviation says it has invested $200 million in the Series B funding round of French artificial intelligence startup Harmattan AI.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
The market for crewed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, as well as for maritime patrol, will reach $23 billion through 2034.
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Aviation Week Staff
Forecasts, snapshots and commercial aircraft programs to watch.
Aircraft & Propulsion