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In 2025, Dassault Falcon solidified its position in the "extra-widebody" market, focusing on the successful ramp-up of the Falcon 6X and achieving major engineering milestones for its upcoming flagship, the Falcon 10X.

Unlike Gulfstream and Bombardier, who were delivering their long-range flagships in 2025, Dassault played a "steady and strategic" game, prioritizing cabin volume and refined digital flight controls.

Falcon 10X: The "Penthouse" of the Skies

The Falcon 10X program reached its most visible phase in late 2025.

Prototype Rollout: In December 2025, Dassault publicly revealed the first fully assembled Falcon 10X prototype at its Bordeaux-Mérignac facility.

Engine Milestone: Rolls-Royce completed all certification data for the Pearl 10X engines and submitted it to EASA in August 2025, clearing a major hurdle for the aircraft’s power plant.

Flight Test Timing: While ground testing (power-on and APU runs) was active throughout Q4 2025, the maiden flight is officially scheduled for early 2026, with an Entry into Service (EIS) target of 2027.

Market Differentiator: The 10X remains the only purpose-built business jet with a cabin wide enough to accommodate a queen-size bed and a stand-up shower, a key selling point used at the 2025 Paris Air Show.

Falcon 6X: Operational Maturity

Following its 2023 entry into service, the Falcon 6X became the "workhorse" of the Dassault lineup in 2025.

Global Deliveries: Dassault delivered 12 Falcons in the first half of 2025 alone, with the 6X making up a significant portion of that volume.

Special Missions: In December 2025, the Irish Air Corps took delivery of a 6X for government transport and medical evacuation, showcasing the aircraft's versatility beyond corporate use.

Steep Approach Certification: The 6X continued to prove its "Falcon DNA" by securing further approvals for steep-approach airports like London City (LCY), giving it an edge in accessibility over larger competitors.

Business & Global Infrastructure

Melbourne, Florida Expansion: In October 2025, Dassault opened a massive 250,000-square-foot MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul) facility in Melbourne, Florida. This center was specifically designed to support the massive footprint of the upcoming Falcon 10X.

Financial Stability: Despite ongoing supply chain "headwinds" affecting the entire industry, Dassault maintained its 2025 guidance to deliver 40 Falcon jets for the full year.

"Make in India": Through its joint venture (DRAL), Dassault set up the first final assembly line for the Falcon 2000 outside of France, a strategic move to capture the growing Asian market.

Jan. 1. 2026

Dassault Falcon Service Mérignac Celebrates Fifth Anniversary, and Expands Service to Handle Additional Falcon Models

Dassault Falcon Service Mérignac, the Falcon factory service center adjacent to Dassault Aviation’s final assembly facility near Bordeaux, celebrates its fifth year in operation.

DFS Mérignac opened in 2016 to serve large-cabin, long-range Falcon 7X and 8X trijets. The 7,500 sq meter, six-bay facility has been operating at maximum capacity for most of that time and has completed 35 of the 53 Falcon 7X C-checks accomplished by DFS over that period.

The C-check is the most extensive inspection operation, and for a Falcon 7X takes a minimum of six weeks to complete. It is performed after every eight years or 4,000 hours of service and is often accompanied by additional upgrades such as complete paint, Satcom Ka-band installation, avionics retrofits or refurbishment work.

Staffed by a crew of 62, the Mérignac center is equipped to handle structural repair, cabin refurbishment and modifications, avionics upgrades, carpentry and paintwork, in addition to heavy maintenance. It is now being expanded to service additional models, including the Falcon 900EX EASy and 2000EX EASy and Dassault’s new extra-widebody Falcon 6X, due to enter operation in 2022.

“The Mérignac facility has proved indispensable in multiple ways,” said Jean Kayanakis, senior vice president, worldwide Falcon customer service & service center network. “It has helped taking some of the heavy maintenance load off DFS’s busy Paris/Le Bourget facility. Besides, as the service facility most closely linked to our production and engineering teams, it is ideally suited to resolve complex maintenance issues. With the Dassault Aviation customer service organization now relocated from Paris to Mérignac, the service center has also become a resource for supporting maintenance solutions worldwide. Customers also appreciate its location just outside the attractive city of Bordeaux.”

Dassault Aviation operates 40 factory service centers and 20 authorized service facilities around the world. This capability, reinforced by the acquisition of the TAG and ExecuJet MRO networks, has helped make the company the number one OEM in Aviation International News’ annual support survey three years in a row.
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