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DASSAULT
FALCON X FAMILY
Dassault’s stand has presented a
mock-up of the 6X cabin at the
same time as it highlighted the pro-
ject progress. Moreover, its main
models, such as the 7X, 900LX,
2000LXS and the 8X. were present
throughout the event.RAFALE
After suffering a series of defeats in
the last decade, the Rafale mul-
timission fighter has become a
winner in Middle East. Qatar has
received its first five fighters out
of an order of 36 units and Egypt
negotiates extending its contract forDAHER
KODIAK
The also French firm Daher has an-
nounced the planned acquisition of
Quest Aircraft, manufacturer of the
high wing single-turboprop Kodiak,
thus extending its product range,
now focused on the TBM family.
Daher expects to step up its presence
in the general aviation, where it has
the market’s faster single-turboprop,
the series TBM 910 and TBM 940.
With over 270 aircrafts in service,
the Kodiak 100 is a turboprop for ten
passengers and capability to operate
in short and non-prepared runways.
The sale of Quest to Daher occurs
only four years after the company
having been negotiated with the
Japanese firm Setouchi Holdings.
The company, headquartered in
Hiroshima, Japan, was an authorized
distributor of the Kodiak in the Asian
country. Quest Aircraft is headquar-
tered in Sandpoint, Idaho, in the
United States, where Daher intends
to maintain the production of the
aircraft and expand its offer base in
North America.the aircraft. Moreover, the Indian
Air Force (IAF) should receive its
first Rafale, made in France, by
September.STEALTH FIGHTER
Also at the stand of the host Das-
sault, were highlighted future
unmanned aircrafts, space vehicles
and what could have been a de-
monstrator for the Next Generation
Fighter (NGF) under the Future
Combat Air System (FCAS), the fu-
ture French fifth-generation fighter
developed by Dassault in partners-
hip with Airbus.