Engines
Safran Mum on Silvercrest, Ramping Up on CFM Leaps
Teething delays affecting the Leap engines are behind it, says the company.

Safran hasn’t been very talkative about the Silvercrest program, a new-generation engine selected to power the now-canceled Dassault Falcon 5X, and the company provided little information about the program in its financial results, released February 27. The engine suffered delays during development, prompting a three-year delay for the Falcon 5X. Dassault decided in December to abandoned its 5X project (and so, the Silvercrest) and today announced the Falcon 6X as a replacement, powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada. Discussions are in progress between Dassault and Safran about eventual penalties, as Safran passed €654 million (US$798 million) of depreciation for amortization in 2015 for the Silvercrest program.