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During the 1960s, there were plans to export the Mirage IV. In one proposal, Dassault would have entered a partnership with the British Aircraft Corporation to jointly produce a Mirage IV variant for the Royal Air Force and potentially for other export customers, but this project did not come to fruition. The Mirage IV was ultimately not adopted by any other operators.
The 5X was unveiled at the
The Mirage IV shares design features and a visual resemblance to the Mirage III fighter, featuring a tailless delta wing and a single square-topped vertical fin. However, the wing is significantly thinner to allow better high-speed performance and has a thickness/chord ratio of only 3.8% at the root and 3.2% at the tip; this wing was the thinnest built in Europe at that time and one of the thinnest in the world. While being significantly smaller than an expensive medium bomber proposal for the role, the Mirage IV was roughly three times the weight of the preceding Mirage III
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On 31 July 1996, the Mirage IVP was formally retired in its bomber capacity, the nuclear mission having been transferred from the Mirage IV to the newer Dassault Mirage 2000N.[58] EB 2/91 was disbanded and EB 1/91 was redesignated ERS 1/91 (Escadron de Reconnaissance Stratégique, Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron),[59] using five remaining Mirage IVPs based at Mont-de-Marsan; the remaining aircraft were stored at Chateaudun.
The Falcon 6X was rolled-out on 8 December 2020.[23] The initial flight was on 10 March 2021
The 6X received both its Federal Aviation Administration and European Union Aviation Safety Agency type certificates in August 2023.The 6X entered service on 30 November 2023