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Dassault embraces green technology
With an eye toward ever-increasing environmental awareness, Dassault Aviation is aiming for 2020 entry into service for new technologies that will reduce t

With an eye toward ever-increasing environmental awareness, Dassault Aviation is aiming for 2020 entry into service for new technologies that will reduce the fuel burn of future Falcon business jets by 40 percent from that of current in-production Falcons.

Ten percent of that improvement would come from the engines’ specific fuel consumption, Dassault head of research Bruno Stoufflet said during a press briefing late in May at the company’s Bordeaux final assembly line. The rest would come from design of the airframe and its systems. Carbon dioxide emissions, which are proportional to the aircraft’s fuel consumption, would thus also be cut by 40 percent.

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