NeXus, designed for the Falcon 10X, brings new capabilities, advanced automation and enhanced safety to aviation.
Dassault Aviation’s flight deck of the future, NeXus, has won the coveted Good Design® Award from a jury assembled by two organisations: the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design; and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. The NeXus flight deck won in the Transportation category.
The award was founded in 1950 by legendary architect Eero Saarinen (known in aviation for his futuristic TWA terminal at JFK) and by industrial designers Charles and Ray Eames. The Chicago Athenaeum describes the award as the “oldest and world’s most recognised programme for design excellence worldwide.” It recognises “quality design of the highest form, function, and aesthetics—a standard beyond ordinary consumer products.”
The Falcon 10X is an all-new business jet design with planned entry in service in 2027. Its NeXus flight deck is the next step in avionics and flight control systems, introducing breakthrough safety technology drawn from Dassault’s latest fighter designs.
NeXus is a visual and tactile environment conducive to safe and precise flying. Functionally, it reduces pilot workload by, among other things, simplifying many button-pushing and data entry tasks and automating others. Pilots therefore focus on the “big picture” of flight management.
The design team sought to combine new technology with comfort factors for ultra-long-range flight and a design sensibility that raises flight deck aesthetics to the same level as passenger cabin design.
