India Receives First Rafale Combat Aircraft
India took official handover of the first of an eventual 36 Dassault Rafale combat aircraft in a formal ceremony at the Dassault Merignac production line in Southwest France on October …
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Dassault Builds Bizjet MRO Capacity While Rafale Increases Production
The business jet market continues to hover on the verge of recovery. A number of key indicators are trending upward, including economic growth, corporate profits, flight activity, and business and …
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France and Germany Build Momentum for New Generation Fighter with Announced Contracts
The defense ministers of France (Florence Parly) and Germany (Ursula von der Leyen) announced two contracts on February 6 that help lay the groundwork for the future sixth-generation jet fighter, …
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Dassault Exits Canadian Fighter Competition
Dassault Aviation has pulled its Rafale fighter jet out of Canada’s CF-18 replacement competition, expressing concerns about interoperability and intelligence sharing requirements for Ottawa’s future fighter. The concern appears to …
Read MoreDassault Quickly Replaces Falcon 5X with Larger, Longer-Range Falcon 6X
By Ray Jaworowski, Senior Aerospace Analyst, Forecast International. Dassault moved quickly to replace its canceled Falcon 5X business jet with the new Falcon 6X, a larger and longer-range aircraft targeted at roughly …
Read More Qatar Option for Rafales Comes Into Effect
A Qatari order for more Dassault Rafale fighter jets has come into effect. In a statement on March 27, 2018, Dassault Aviation announced that a Qatari order for a dozen …
Read More Qatar Looking to Purchase More Fighter Jets, Armored Vehicles
Qatar is close to completing a deal for French fighter jets and armored vehicles. A French presidential source told Reuters this week that a France is “close to finalizing” a …
Read MoreBusiness Jet Market Recovery On the Horizon
By Ray Jaworowski, Senior Aerospace Analyst, Forecast International. Data from Forecast International’s innovative Platinum Forecast System® 3.1 show that a total of 12,282 business jets will be produced during the 15-year period …
Read MoreWorld General Aviation Aircraft Market off to a Mixed Start as Revenues Slump
U.S. Manufacturers Delivered 311 Aircraft in Q1 2017 – up 32 from 2016 by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent. According to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), the first quarter …
Read MoreBusiness Jet Market to Resume Positive Growth Trend
By Ray Jaworowski, Senior Aerospace Analyst, Forecast International. Although business jet production is unlikely to match the skyrocketing output seen in the mid-2000s any time soon, Forecast International’s Platinum Forecast …
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