in full private jet controversythe Rolls-Royce engine manufacturer inaugurated on Friday, on the sly, the construction of a new factory in Haillan near Bordeaux (Gironde) in connection with the construction of Dassault’s new business jet, the Falcon 10X.
“The site will play an important role in the production support of the Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X engine” created exclusively for “Dassault’s all-new Falcon 10X flagship aircraft,” the British engine manufacturer said in a statement.
Rolls-Royce engine is “the most efficient in business aviation”
The construction of this “2,000 m² production support center, which will house offices, a workshop and a warehouse” should begin at the end of the year, and be completed “in the first half of 2023.” The center should eventually have around twenty employees, and will be responsible for the operational preparation of the Pearl 10X engines to facilitate their integration into the future business jet, precise The Grandstand Bordeaux.
“While the development program for the Pearl 10X engine for the Dassault Falcon 10X is progressing well, we are already working in parallel on setting up the infrastructure to support Dassault’s flight test activities”, explained during the inauguration Philipp Zeller, vice-president of the Pearl 10X program at Rolls-Royce.
This new Rolls-Royce factory is located not far from the premises of Dassault Falcon Service, where the Falcon 10X will be produced, the entry into service of which is scheduled for the end of 2025. Dassault Aviation emphasizes that the engine that will power its future twin-engine, is “the most advanced and the most efficient in business aviation. » The Pearl 10X engine should be compatible with 100% sustainable fuels.
The Falcon 10X will be able to connect Hong Kong to New York nonstop
This new-generation aircraft will have a range of 13,890 km, to connect non-stop New York to Shanghai, Los Angeles to Sydney, Hong Kong to New York or Paris to Santiago.
Its maximum speed will be Mach 0.925. Measuring 2.03 m high and 2.77 m wide, “its cabin will be wider and higher than the cabin of the largest business jets currently in service”, underlines Dassault Aviation. The cabin occupies a total length of 16.4 meters out of the 33.4 meters of the aircraft.
