Aircraft
Deliveries, Backlog Down at Dassault
The French airframer released its first half numbers, which show the impact of pricing pressure, a weak Euro, and continuing global churning.
Developmental delays in the Safran Aircraft Engines' Silvercrest powerplant have pushed the Dassault 5X's proposed entry into service back by three years, and according to the airframer, cost it 11 order cancellations for the large-cabin twinjet, in the first half of 2016.
Developmental delays in the Safran Aircraft Engines' Silvercrest powerplant have pushed the Dassault 5X's proposed entry into service back by three years, and according to the airframer, cost it 11 order cancellations for the large-cabin twinjet, in the first half of 2016.

Dassault Aviation released its financial results for the first half of the year showing a year-over-year decrease in number of Falcon orders and backlog. The manufacturer posted an order intake of €778 million ($854 million) for 22 Falcons, three less than the same period last year, as compared to €610 million ($670 million) in the first half of 2015. This year’s total was tempered by the cancellation of 11 Falcon 5X orders, a result Dassault attributes to developmental delays on the Safran Silvercrest engine, which caused Dassault to postpone initial customer deliveries of the aircraft from late 2017 to early 2020.