Dassault Aviation has completed the Critical Design Review for its new Falcon 6X, freezing the detailed design of the new ultra widebody twinjet, and begun manufacturing major parts as the program tracks to assembly of the first aircraft by early 2020.
Critical design review of Dassault’s Falcon 6X was completed this month and the aircraft is on track for entry into service in 2022, the company said on Monday at EBACE 2019. Meanwhile, manufacture of major parts has commenced, with assembly of the first aircraft expected early next year and first flight in 2021.
“Completing the design review this month and releasing the aircraft to the manufacturing process is a significant milestone,” said Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier. “It demonstrates our confidence in the airframe and engine design as well as in the collaborative process we have put in place with our global partners.”
The Falcon 6X will make its first flight in 2021 and begin deliveries in 2022. It offers the largest cabin cross section of any purpose build business jet as well as the quietest and most comfortable cabin of any aircraft in its class.
Parts currently in production at Dassault and partner plants include the fuselage frame, skin panels, and wings. Fuselage panels are produced at Dassault’s facility in Argenteuil, France, near Paris, and wing panels at Seclin, near Lille. Dassault is using both a physical and a virtual plateau development process.
With a maximum range of 5,500 nm (10,186 km), the 6X will be capable of flying directly from Los Angeles to London, São Paulo to Chicago, or Paris to Beijing at Mach 0.85. Its ultra-efficient wing minimizes the impact of turbulence and a next-generation digital flight control system controls all moving surfaces. They include flaperons, which considerably improves control during approach, especially on steep descents, Dassault said.
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