Aircraft
PPG To Provide Cockpit Windows for Dassault Falcon 6X
U.S. company also begins design work on flight deck windows for the Antonov AN-132 multipurpose transport

PPG will supply windshields and cockpit side windows for the in-development Dassault Falcon 6X business jet, the specialty coating and transparency provider announced this week at the Farnborough Airshow. This is the first time the U.S. company will supply original-equipment flight-deck windows for a Dassault Aviation program.

The company will produce the windshields and cockpit side windows for the Falcon 6X at its Huntsville, Alabama plant. Its transparencies will comprise three plies of optically clear PPG Herculite II chemically strengthened glass for lightweight strength and reliability. Because the Falcon 6X will not be equipped with windshield wipers, PPG Surface Seal hydrophobic coating on the flight-deck windows will enhance water shedding for visibility.

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