Our military aircraft play a crucial role in meeting current and future strategic challenges. In addition to France, eight other countries have placed their trust in the Rafale fighter. At the end of 2025, confirmed orders for the Rafale totaled 533 aircraft, including 323 for export, thus ensuring healthy levels of production into the future.
The Rafale is one of the world’s most seasoned fighter jets. It has demonstrated its outstanding versatility in some of the most challenging operational environments. It can handle a variety of missions that previously required seven different types of aircraft. The Rafale is one of the key components of France’s nuclear deterrence.
In 2023, France placed an order for 42 fighters (otherwise known as Tranche 5). At the end of 2025, total French orders for the Rafale stood at 234, of which 189 have been delivered.
The Rafale has been designed to be able to incorporate new features throughout its service life based on operational feedback. The F4 standard, currently under development for delivery in 2027, features enhanced networked combat capabilities.
The F5 standard will be focused on collaborative combat and advanced weapon systems including a fourth-generation nuclear missile system. It will be capable of operating with a UCAS based on the nEUROn demonstrator.
India ordered 36 Rafales for the Indian Air Force in 2016, followed by 26 Rafales for the Indian Navy in April 2025. As the first export customer for the Rafale M, India will also be the first country to deploy all three versions of the Rafale (C/B and M).
With the signing of a contract for 12 fighters in August 2024, Serbia became the eighth country worldwide, and the third in Europe, to acquire the Rafale. Its air force had never previously deployed Dassault fighter jets.
In 2022, Indonesia signed a contract to purchase the Rafale. At the beginning of 2024, the full contract for 42 aircraft went into effect, and the first planes were delivered in early 2026. Indonesia is a first-time military customer and our second Rafale customer in the Indo-Pacific region.
The United Arab Emirates purchased 80 Rafale F4s in 2021, which is the largest military export order ever secured by Dassault Aviation.
Greece is the first European country to purchase the Rafale. An order for 6 new and 12 pre-owned fighters was placed in 2021, followed by an order in 2022 for a further 6 new fighters.
In 2021, Croatia joined the ranks of Dassault customers by purchasing 12 pre-owned Rafales. Dassault Aviation has been contracted to provide maintenance for this fleet of aircraft.
On top of an initial purchase of 24 aircraft in 2015, Egypt announced an order for 31 further fighters in 2021.
Qatar has bought a total of 36 Rafales—24 in 2015, and a further 12 in 2017.
The French Navy placed an order for 7 Falcon Albatros jets in 2020, and exercised its option to purchase 5 additional aircraft in September 2025. Deliveries of these Falcon 2000LXS maritime surveillance and intervention aircraft (AVSIMAR) are set to commence in 2026. The Falcon Albatros completed its maiden flight in January 2025.
Work on the Falcon Archange strategic intelligence aircraft is progressing, with 3 aircraft already having been ordered by the French government.
Our Falcons are state-of-the-art business jets designed for the most exacting missions. Thanks to the incorporation of military-inspired innovations, they strike a unique balance between versatility and comfort.
Our Falcons are flying offices built for high-performance businesses. They offer a host of distinctive features.
Versatility. They can fly to destinations that are as close as possible to where passengers need to go, and can use runways that are inaccessible to large aircraft, including short or high-altitude landing strips; this can be achieved even in severe weather conditions, thanks to our FalconEye head-up Combined Vision System (CVS).
Sustainability. The Falcon 8X program was the first business jet in the world to earn CO2 certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). This achievement is a testament to our commitment to meeting international carbon emission standards and paves the way for the certification of the Falcon 6X and 2000LXS. The Falcon 10X will be natively compliant with international energy efficiency standards. All Falcon jets are now capable of flying with sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) containing 50% nonfossil fuels.
Comfort. The quality of our flight controls, soundproofing, air and pressurization offer exceptional levels of comfort and safety on board.
Resilience. Our design and manufacturing prowess has earned us a solid reputation among civil, military and government customers alike. It is backed up by our strong commitment to customer support.
Connectivity. Thanks to systems such as Starlink and JetwaveX, both passengers and crew can count on high-speed Internet links that enable seamless, secure use of connected devices.
Following its entry into service in 2023, the Falcon 6X is now being flown by our customers, who are enjoying its high levels of performance and comfort.
The Falcon 6X features the largest cabin in its class (over 8 feet in diameter), with space for up to 19 passengers in three separate seating areas. The interior design and decor have been carefully tailored to provide travelers with exceptional levels of convenience and comfort. A recipient of both Private Jet Design and Red Dot Design awards, the 6X cabin boasts the best soundproofing on the market.
Powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW812D engines, the Falcon 6X has a top speed of Mach 0.90 and a range of 5,500 nm. It can fly non-stop at cruising speed from Los Angeles to Geneva, or from Beijing to San Francisco.
The aircraft features the brand-new EASy IV cockpit, as well as FalconSphere II and FalconEye systems.
The first Falcon 10X customers will get to enjoy the largest and most comfortable cabin on the market. Powered by two Rolls-Royce Pearl® 10X engines, it will have a top speed of Mach 0.925 and a range of 7,500 nautical miles.
The Falcon 10X has been conceived and fitted out as a suite, designed for both work and rest on flights lasting more than 15 hours. With an interior measuring over 6 and a half feet high and around 9 feet wide, the 10X can accommodate three to four sitting areas. It provides passengers with a cabin altitude of 3,000 ft when flying at 41,000 ft.
The Falcon 8X cabin sets the standard when it comes to quality, comfort and soundproofing. Its redesigned interior features seamless interactivity thanks to the Innovative Cabin System (ICS). The Falcon 8X has a range of 6,450 nautical miles, enabling non-stop flights between Hong Kong and London City.
The Falcon 2000LXS is the latest addition to the Falcon 2000 series, our most successful range. This extremely agile business jet has a range of 4,000 nautical miles, enabling coast-to-coast flights in North America as well as intercontinental flights on routes such as Paris–New York. Its excellent low-speed performance makes it remarkably versatile.
Our military aircraft help defend a number of countries around the world. Our Falcon jets enhance corporate efficiency. Our proven operational support solutions are tailored to the specific requirements of each customer.
We support 1,000 military aircraft and 2,150 Falcon business jets in 90 countries. We work closely with our customers, both civil and military, to offer innovative solutions that combine efficiency, responsiveness and cost-effectiveness. We provide them with support, on an ongoing basis, today and far into the future, by maintaining the tools and expertise needed to service our planes over the decades of their operating lives.
The 3DExperience platform ensures digital continuity from design right through to manufacturing and maintenance. Our support solutions are based on software modules common to both Falcon and military aircraft.
Our approach, which harnesses big data and AI, is based on the analysis of both individual aircraft and fleet operational data. It enables transversal studies to be carried out and predictive maintenance models to be developed. The digital twin approach, which compares the aircraft’s actual performance to that of its digital model, further increases our forecasting capabilities, thus improving aircraft availability.
Our optimized military fleet support solutions provide both autonomy and high levels of aircraft availability.
In France, most of our aircraft are covered by long-term, fixed-price support contracts. Examples in France include the Ravel contract for the Rafale (signed in 2019), the Océan contract for the ATL2 (2020), the Balzac contract for the Mirage 2000 (2021) and the Alpha Care contract for the Alpha Jet (2023). Similar long-term, fixed-price contracts are also available to our export customers.
We provide top-quality training for pilots and maintenance technicians, at our Conversion Training Center (CTC) in Mérignac. We also provide certain export customers with aeronautical training courses via the Dassault Skill Academy.
We are committed to ensuring that our customers are able to conduct their missions easily and safely.
We provide services that are tailored to our customers’ specific needs. We offer a range of FalconCare by-the-hour support programs (Essentials, Elite and Select), which are designed to cater to each user’s unique operational requirements.
Our FalconResponse support service is on standby around the clock and provides rapid response in the event of an AOG.
Dassault Aviation is in charge of supporting the French government’s fleet of Falcon jets, under a contract designed to guarantee operational availability.
Our global business jet support network includes some 60 MRO centers.
In recent years, we have opened new facilities in Dubai, UAE (2023) and in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2024). In 2024, we relocated our Brazilian facility to the new Catarina Airport in São Paulo.
In 2025, Dassault Falcon Jet also opened a state-of-the-art maintenance facility at Melbourne Orlando International Airport in Florida.
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