Aircraft
Dassault Wraps Up Falcon 6X Cold-weather Testing
Dassault Aviation remains on track for 6X certification later this year.
Teams conducted cold-weather tests on Dassault Aviation's new 6X in December and February in Iqaluit, in the far north of Canada. (Photo: Dassault Aviation)
Teams conducted cold-weather tests on Dassault Aviation's new 6X in December and February in Iqaluit, in the far north of Canada. (Photo: Dassault Aviation)

A team of pilots, engineers, and technicians from Dassault Aviation and Pratt & Whitney Canada have completed cold-weather testing of the Falcon 6X in Iqaluit, a tundra town in the far north of Canada. Temperatures there reached as low as -37 degrees C (-35 degrees F) during testing of the aircraft’s PW812D engines, systems, and low-temperature maintainability, said Dassault Aviation executive v-p of civil aircraft Carlos Brana. “The aircraft operated flawlessly at the extreme temperatures an aircraft can be subjected to in the severest climate conditions,” he added.