After a three-year delay that was made much worse this past fall by news of more technical problems with the Safran Silvercrest engines for the Falcon 5X, Dassault today said it is cancelling the jet’s development program and starting fresh with a new large-cabin airplane powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada engines.
Dassault Cancels Falcon 5X Program
Key Takeaways:
- Dassault has canceled the Falcon 5X jet program due to persistent and severe technical issues and delays with the Safran Silvercrest engines.
- The engine problems, which included multiple delays and performance shortfalls, made a 2020 entry into service impossible and led to customer order cancellations.
- Dassault will replace the 5X with a new, as-yet-unnamed large-cabin aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada engines.
- The new jet will retain the 5X's cabin cross-section and 5,500-nm range, with a projected market entry in 2022.
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