Dassault Aviation: Dassault’s Falcon 10X Makes Maiden Flight

Dassault Aviation: Dassault’s Falcon 10X Makes Maiden Flight

Dassault’s Falcon 10X Makes Maiden Flight (Saint-Cloud, France, June 19, 2026) - Today, Dassault Aviation’s all-new Falcon 10X has successfully completed its first flight,...

Falcon 10X First Flight Breaks High-End Duopoly

Dassault's Falcon 10X successfully completes its first flight. Discover how this clean-sheet jet shatters the Gulfstream-Bombardier top-end duopoly.

Dassault’s new Falcon 10X jet completes maiden flight

On June 19, 2026, Dassault announced that its newest executive jet, the Falcon 10X, had completed its maiden flight.  The type’s inaugural flight lasted for two hours and 30 minutes, with the Falcon 10X test aircraft (registration F-WNXT) taking off at 11.10am from Bordeaux-Mérignac (BOD), in southwestern France, where the French aircraft maker has its main industrial facilities.  The flight, with Dassault test pilot Sébastien Dupont de Dinechin…