Dassault's Falcon 2000DX is scheduled to fly for the first time later this month. The aircraft, launched 18 months ago and now undergoing ground testing at the airframer's Bordeaux, Merignac facility, is a shorter-range derivative of the 2000EX and will replace the original Falcon 2000 large-cabin aircraft, which dates to the mid-1990s.
The flight-test programme is expected to take around 50h and Dassault says certification and first deliveries are scheduled for the this quarter and early 2008, respectively. The $25.5 million DX has been developed by taking 900kg (2,000lb) of fuel capacity out of the 2000EX. The DX offers 460km (250nm) more range than the 2000, at 6,010km. It has the EASy integrated flightdeck and Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308 engines of the EX.
Source: Flight International
