Dassault Aircraft

Dassault M.D.315 Flamant 1947 The portly Dassault M.D.315 Flamant (Flamingo) has had a long career as a utility transport ... read more ... The first fighter developed by Avions Marcel Dassault and the first jet fighter of French design ... read more ... Dassault M.D.450 Ouragan 1949 Dassault M.D.452 Mystere II 1951 read more ... Possessing little more than a conceptual similarity to the Mystere II, the Mystere IVA featured a ... read more ... Dassault Mystere IVA 1952 Dassault M.D.453 Mystere IIIN 1952 The development of a night fighter based on the MD.450 Ouragan day fighter was begun early ... read more ... A process of aerodynamic refinement of the Mystere IVA led to the Mystere IVB, which, in ... read more ... Dassault Mystere IVB 1953 Dassault Mystere IVN 1954 Developed in parallel with the Mystere IVB as a tandem two-seat night and all-weather interceptor, the ... read more ... Initially known as the Mystere-Delta, the MD 550 was designed to meet the requirements of a ... read more ... Dassault M.D.550 Mirage I 1955 Dassault Super Mystere 1955 The first West European aircraft capable of exceeding M=1.0 in level flight to attain quantity production status, ... read more ... Essentially an extrapolation of the Mirage I and retaining the 5% thickness/chord ratio 60° delta wing, the ... read more ... Dassault Mirage III 1956 Dassault Etendard IV 1956 Developed in parallel with the Etendard II and VI as a private venture, the Etendard IV ... read more ... In the mid 'fifties, the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) issued a specification for a lightweight strike ... read more ... Dassault Etendard II 1956 Dassault Etendard VI 1957 Intended to meet the NATO requirement for a light tactical fighter, the Etendard VI was flown ... read more ... The private venture Etendard IV, which had shared little more than a conceptual commonality with the Etendard ... read more ... Dassault Etendard IVM 1958 Dassault Mirage IV 1959 Renowned for highly nationalistic policies, the French decided in 1954 to create their own nuclear ... read more ... At an early stage in the development of the Mirage, consideration was given to a multi-role ... read more ... Dassault Mirage IIIE 1961 Dassault Balzac 1962 Dassault started work on vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) at the beginning of the 1960s ... read more ... Development of a light twin-turbojet executive transport was initiated by Dassault in conjunction with Aerospatiale ... read more ... Dassault Mystere-Falcon 20/200 1963 Dassault Mirage IIIV 1965 Mating Mirage III aerodynamics with the then latest developments in vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) technology, the ... read more ... Evolved in parallel with the Mirage F2 as a scale-down, multi-role single-seat fighter employing a SNECMA Atar ... read more ... Dassault Mirage F1 1966 Dassault Mirage F2 1966 Early in 1964, Dassault was awarded a contract to develop a successor to the Mirage III ... read more ... On 13 October 1965, Avions Marcel Dassault received a contract to design and build one prototype ... read more ... Dassault Mirage G / G8 1967 Dassault Mirage 5 1967 Conceived as a ground attack fighter for operation under VFR conditions and using the same airframe ... read more ... Dassault MD.320 Hirondelle 1968 Dassault Mystere-Falcon 10/100 1970 The baby of the Dassault Mystere-Falcon family of business jets, the Dassault Falcon 10 was ... read more ... Developed as a private venture, the Milan (Kite) was a progressive development of the basic delta-winged Mirage ... read more ... Dassault Milan 1970 Dassault Mercure 1971 The early sales success of its Mystere-Falcon 20 series led Dassault to investigate the market ... read more ... The Super Etendard transonic shipboard strike fighter was a progressive development of the Etendard IVM and was, ... read more ... Dassault Super Etendard 1974 Dassault Mirage F1.M53 1974 First flown on 22 December 1974, and built as an engine test bed under official contract, ... read more ... Deriving its designation from its SNECMA Atar 9K-50 engine, the Mirage 50 retained the basic airframe ... read more ... Dassault Mirage 50 1975 Dassault Mirage 2000 1978 Possessing no commonality with preceding Mirages despite its appellation, the Mirage 2000 was chosen on 18 December ... read more ... Developed as a private venture, the Mirage 4000 was designed to fulfil both interception and low-altitude penetration ... read more ... Dassault Mirage 4000 1979 Dassault Mirage 3 NG 1982 Utilising the proven airframe of the Mirage IIIE, Dassault undertook a thorough-going modernisation of equipment and systems ... read more ... Largest member of the Dassault family of business jets, the Falcon 900 tri-jet was announced ... read more ... Dassault Falcon 900 1984 Dassault Rafale 1986 The Rafale ('Squall') was originally conceived in the early 1980s by Dassault as the ACX ... read more ...