Dassault Aviation

Space

France's VORTEX spaceplane to land like a jet, operate like a shuttle

What will the orbital spacecraft of tomorrow look like? If Dassault Aviation has its way, it could be similar to its Véhicule Orbital Réutilisable de Transport et d’Exploration (VORTEX) reusable spaceplane unveiled at the recent Paris Air Show.

The Dassault Falcon 10X can fly 7,500 nautical miles on a single load of fuel

Aircraft

Dassault unveils Falcon 10X business jet with world's largest cabin

Dassault Aviation has taken the wraps off its latest business jet, the Falcon 10X, with a virtual rollout to highlight the design and many of the features of what it claims is the business jet with the world's largest cabin.

Aircraft

Dassault Falcon 6X widebody business jet makes first flight

Billed as the first ultra-widebody purpose-built business jet, Dassault's Falcon 6X reached an altitude of 40,000 feet and a speed of Mach 0.8 during its first flight in the skies over Bordeaux on March 10.

The formation flight lasted almost two hours

Drones

Dassault achieves world's first formation flight of combat drone and manned aircraft

Dassault Aviation announced that last month it came a step closer to making science fiction reality when it conducted a formation flight of the nEUROn unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) with a Rafale fighter and a Falcon 7X business jet.

The nEUROn Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator on its maiden flight

Aircraft

Europe’s nEUROn UCAV demonstrator makes its maiden flight

The European designed nEUROn Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator successfully completed its maiden flight on December 1, 2012 at Dassault Aviation’s flight test base in Istres in southern France.