Aircraft
Dassault Axes Falcon 5X, Launches New P&WC-powered Jet
New Falcon is powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada engines and features the same cross section as the Falcon 5X.
Dassault has cancelled its Falcon 5X program due to continuing issues with its Safran Silvercrest engines, and launched plans for a new Falcon to be powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PW800 engines.
Dassault has cancelled its Falcon 5X program due to continuing issues with its Safran Silvercrest engines, and launched plans for a new Falcon to be powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PW800 engines.

Dassault Aviation cancelled the Falcon 5X program on December 13 and is now in the process of scrapping its contract with Safran for the troubled Silvercrest turbofan that was to power the new twinjet. At the same time, Dassault CEO Eric Trappier launched a new Falcon, powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PW800 engines, that features the same cross section as the Falcon 5X and a range of 5,500 nm. That new, but yet-unnamed model is scheduled to enter service in 2022.