Flying with three engine types, Rolls’ unusually configured testbed is designed for high-altitude evaluation of the Pearl 10X for Dassault’s long-range Falcon.
Flight tests of the Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X engine for the ultra-long-range Dassault Falcon 10X business jet have begun following delivery of the company’s Boeing 747-200 flying testbed fitted with the test engine to its Tucson facility in Arizona.
Dassault Aviation chair and CEO Eric Trappier told journalists that delays to its Falcon 10X program were inevitable given the delays to the Falcon 6X.
Germany has formally contracted for three additional Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, just days after funding was approved by the Parliament.