Aircraft
Trio of Flight-test Dassault Falcon 6Xs Taking Shape
The first three pre-production Falcon 6Xs are taking shape, and the program is on track to achieve first flight early next year.
Three flight-test Falcon 6Xs are taking shape at Dassault's final assembly facility in France. Aircraft number one has been powered up and is now in ground testing, while the second aircraft recently had its wings mated to the fuselage and the third aircraft has entered final assembly.
Three flight-test Falcon 6Xs are taking shape at Dassault's final assembly facility in France. Aircraft number one has been powered up and is now in ground testing, while the second aircraft recently had its wings mated to the fuselage and the third aircraft has entered final assembly.

The first three pre-production Falcon 6Xs are taking shape at Dassault Aviation's facility in Bordeaux-Merignac, France, and the program is on track to achieve first flight early next year, the company announced yesterday. In tandem, Pratt & Whitney and its sister company Collins Aerospace ramping up production of the 6X’s PW812D engines and nacelles, respectively, with the first podded engines delivered last week to Dassault.


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