At the 2025 Paris Air Show, Dassault Aviation unveiled its plan for the development of its Vortex range of space planes. This phased, dual-purpose roadmap is geared towards developing key strategic capabilities and meeting the scientific and economic challenges of the emerging space economy in cooperation with European and international partners.
As part of a strategy to integrate sovereign and supervised AI into its combat systems, Dassault Aviation has entered into a number of partnerships: with the French Ministry of Defense’s AI Agency (AMIAD), in June 2025; with Thales as part of the cortAIx AI accelerator initiative, in November 2025; and with Harmattan AI in January 2026.
As part of a deal for the purchase of 42 fighters, a first batch of Rafales was delivered to the Indonesian Air Force in early 2026.
A contract for the purchase of 26 Rafale fighters by the Indian Navy was signed on April 28, 2025 in New Delhi. India will be the first country to deploy the Rafale M and the first country, besides France, to operate both the Rafale Air B/C and the Rafale M.
In February 2026, India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) authorized the beginning of direct negotiations for the purchase of 114 Rafale aircraft for the Indian Air Force.
On January 29, 2025, Éric Trappier unveiled the first Rafale manufactured for the United Arab Emirates Air Force at a ceremony attended by French Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, and UAE Minister of Defense, Mohamed Bin Mubarak Fadhel Al Mazrouei. This aircraft is currently undergoing development tests in Istres.
The Falcon 10X was unveiled during a spectacular event attended by more than 400 customers, partners, and aviation executives in Mérignac on March 10, 2026.
The largest Falcon ever built, the 10X has a range of 14,000 km, the most comfortable, bright, quiet, and connected cabin on the market, as well as innovations that draw heavily on our military expertise (aerodynamics, composite wings, digital flight controls, NeXus cockpit, recovery mode).
On July 18, 2025, the 8X became the first business jet in the world to earn CO2 certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The aircraft is compliant with the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) international decarbonization regulations, which will be mandatory for all civil aircraft manufactured from 2028 onwards.
Following this achievement, Dassault is moving ahead with certification of the Falcon 6X and 2000LXS. The Falcon 10X will be natively compliant with international energy efficiency standards.
Dassault Falcon Jet has opened a new, state-of-the-art maintenance facility at Melbourne Orlando International Airport in Florida. This is the latest addition to our MRO network, following the opening of facilities in São Paulo (Brazil) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) in 2024, as well as in Dubai (UAE) in 2023.
Dassault Aviation has a strong presence in the United States, where it employs 2,400 people engaged in Falcon fitting and sales operations.
The Falcon 2000LXS Albatros made its maiden flight on January 24, 2025. The French defense procurement agency (DGA) confirmed its order for 12 Albatros aircraft as part of the AVSIMAR maritime surveillance and intervention program.
The Falcon Archange made its maiden flight on July 17, 2025. The French government has ordered 3 of these aircraft for use in strategic intelligence missions.
In June 2025, Dassault Aviation signed a partnership agreement with Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) which has led to the creation of a production facility in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) dedicated to manufacturing fuselage for the Rafale fighter jet.
Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited (DRAL) is now 51% owned by Dassault Aviation. Its operations, based in Nagpur, Maharashtra, continue to expand: DRAL will become the first Falcon Center of Excellence outside of France, manufacturing the forward fuselage for the Falcon 2000, 8X, and 6X aircraft.
Our facility in Cergy was inaugurated on September 23, 2025. More than 600 employees work at this new factory, which is cutting-edge in terms of ergonomics, workflow and energy efficiency. Among their tasks are the fitting of Falcon and Rafale skin panels and parts, assembly of front fuselage sections, manufacture of metal pipes and outfitting work on the Rafale fuselage.
In Statista’s 2025 ranking of France’s 500 best employers, conducted for Capital magazine, we came third in the Aerospace, Rail and Naval category. For over a decade, Dassault Aviation has been ranked by students and graduates as one of the top 10 companies to work for.
WorldSkills allows young people from around the world to put their skills to the test in some 60 different fields. The competition was held in Marseilles in October 2025, and attracted 800 participants and 40,000 visitors.
Our employees distinguished themselves in several fields of expertise, taking away gold and bronze medals in aircraft maintenance, silver in CAD mechanical engineering, and bronze in industrial product development.
In June 2025, Major General François-Xavier Poisbeau, Secretary General of the French National Guard, and Valérie Guillemet, our Senior Vice President of Human Resources, signed an agreement entitling our army reservist employees to 20 days of reserve duty per year with full pay.