The family resemblance between Dassault’s Rafale fighter and its new Falcon 10X business jet is evident—and intentional. Engineers borrowed heavily from the French airframer’s warbird to give its latest civilian aircraft the crisp handling and short-field capabilities that Dassault’s combat jet is known for. The new Falcon is the largest, most powerful business jet that Dassault has ever designed, created to compete in the ultra-long-range category, which includes recent launches from Bombardier, Gulfstream, Airbus Corporate Jets, and Boeing Business Jets. Dassault’s military features are major differentiators between the 10X and its competition in private aviation’s most elite class. “The same aerodynamic specialists are involved in our fighter and Falcon development,” says Carlos Brana, executive vice president of civil aircraft for Dassault. Similar to the Rafale, the 10X has multiple control surfaces on the wings that act independently—commanded by its fly-by-wire system—for greater maneuverability, a feature no other competitor offers. That wing configuration..
