Days after the on-time first flight of the Falcon 6X, Dassault Aviation's new twinjet has won the Red Dot: Best of the Best award for its premium cabin design.

Dassault Aviation joins Apple, Porsche, Audi and other brands that have been recognised by the Red Dot prize. The Red Dot organisation noted that this year it received an unprecedented number of nominations from more than 60 countries for the award, which rewards trailblazing work in product design. In awarding the prize, the Red Dot committee recognised the combination of form and function demonstrated by the Falcon 6X's cabin. The committee determined that the cabin's flowing lines and environmental engineering create a unique, healthful and productive environment, offering a new level of personal comfort and space. It was also impressed by the clean, modern lines and layout of the interior and the small touches intended to delight business jet passengers: easy-to-use fingertip controls, the 6X's innovative overhead galley skylight and mood lighting designed to support natural circadian rhythms.

The Red Dot prize is the second design award Dassault has received for the 6X cabin. In September 2020, the 6X won the International Yacht & Aviation Award sponsored by design et al, the prominent UK design magazine published by The Design Society.

Meanwhile, the Falcon 6X flight test programme is gathering momentum as the aircraft proceeds towards its scheduled certification in 2022. Since its first flight on 10 March, the 6X has accumulated more than 50 flight hours in the air and opened the flight envelope all the way to the aircraft's maximum operating speed of 0.90 Mach.

“For its brief time in the air, the aircraft has demonstrated excellent handling in multiple flight scenarios and shown unusual maturity in systems function,” remarks flight test pilot Bruno Ferry. A second flight test aircraft will join the test programme a month from now, and a third, outfitted with a full interior, before the summer.

The Falcon 6X has the largest cabin cross section in business aviation. With a range of 5,500 nautical miles, the 6X can travel non-stop from Los Angeles to Moscow or London to Hong Kong and, like all Falcons, is capable of flying long distances from short, constrained runways. The aircraft is equipped with the latest version of Dassault's digital flight control system, which grants safety and flying precision.