Dassault Aviation completes certifications of FANS 1/A+ for its Falcon 900A/B and 900C/EX aircraft

Saint-Cloud, France, 27-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Dassault Aviation has completed certifications of FANS 1/A+ for its Falcon 900A/B and 900C/EX aircraft.

Obtained in association with Honeywell, the approval will allow operators to meet worldwide mandates for preferential routing in the North Atlantic tracks region and other oceanic airspace, greatly improving communications over oceanic and other remote routes.

FANS 1/A+ provides new functionalities like the Automatic Position Reporting (ADS-C) intended to reduce traffic congestion, increase the accuracy of position reporting, reduce pilot and flight crew workload, and facilitate clearer and more accurate communication between the pilot and air traffic controllers.

“As part of its policy of continually investing in improvements to its Legacy fleet, Dassault is actively committed to delivering enhancements and upgrades like FANS 1/A+ that are optimized for the Future Air Navigation System (NextGen),” said Jacques Chauvet, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Customer Service. “And by investing in such improvements, we not only position ourselves to meet customer expectations, we ensure their aircraft maintain their market value for decades to come.”

The upgrade is designed to operate with Dassault’s Falcon Elite II/Select II avionic suites for the Falcon 900 non-EASy fleet, and is backed by the company’s worldwide product support network.

The STC is available from Dassault’s network, and can be installed by any Dassault Service Center or Authorized Service Center. The installation takes approximately two weeks but downtime can be optimized if combined with a maintenance check.

Note for the Editors
Dassault Falcon is the recognized global brand for Dassault business jets which are designed, manufactured and supported by Dassault Aviation and Dassault Falcon Jet Corp.

About Dassault Aviation
Dassault Aviation is a leading aerospace company with a presence in over 80 countries across five continents. It produces the Rafale fighter jet as well as the complete line of Falcons. The company employs a workforce of over 11,000 and has assembly and production plants in both France and the United States and service facilities around the globe. Since the rollout of the first Falcon 20 in 1963, over 2,250 Falcon jets have been delivered. The family of Falcon jets currently in production includes the tri-jets — the Falcon 900LX, 7X and 8X — as well as the twin-engine 2000LXS, the Falcon 2000S and the Falcon 5X.

About Dassault Falcon Jet
Dassault Falcon Jet Corp., is a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Dassault Aviation, France.  Dassault Falcon Jet markets and supports the Falcon family of business jets throughout North America and South America.

FRANCE: Vadim Feldzer +33 1 47 11 44 13 or Marie-Alexandrine Fouillard +33 1 47 11 64 23
Dassault Aviation 78, Quai Marcel Dassault 92552 Saint-Cloud Cedex 300 – FRANCE

U.S.: Andrew Ponzoni +1 201 541 4588 or Grant Kielczewski +1 201 541 4679
Dassault Falcon Jet Teterboro Airport, Box 2000 South Hackensack, NJ 07606

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Dassault Aviation completes certifications of FANS 1/A+ for its Falcon 900A/B and 900C/EX aircraft