MELBOURNE, FLA. \u2014 Dassault Falcon Jet, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dassault Aviation, is the newest Business-in-Residence at Florida Tech\u2019s Vertex Applied Innovation Hub.<\/p>\n
Alongside other visionary companies in the Business-in-Residence (BIR) program, including Larsen Motorsports, SafeSky Systems USA and Zeal OTM, Dassault Falcon Jet<\/a> is now part of Vertex\u2019s impactful ecosystem<\/a>.<\/p>\n That means access to the facility\u2019s advanced equipment and spaces as well as opportunities for expert collaboration, all in the realm of one of the country\u2019s leading STEM universities.<\/p>\n \u201cDassault Falcon Jet is a high\u2011value, strategically aligned partner,\u201d said Vertex Executive Director Samantha Miles. \u201cMore importantly, it is a company that puts words into action \u2013 and we are thrilled to welcome them as our newest BIR.\u201d<\/p>\n The company has made Melbourne a focal point for recent expansion efforts.<\/p>\n \u201cWith 400 high-quality jobs being created in Brevard County, Dassault Falcon Jet\u2019s MRO facility strengthens our region\u2019s role as a global hub for aviation excellence and reinforces the value of a highly skilled workforce,\u201d said Lynda Weatherman, president and CEO of the Economic Development Commission of Florida\u2019s Space Coast. \u201cGrowing collaboration with Florida Tech\u2019s Vertex Applied Innovation Hub reflects our business community\u2019s shared commitment to innovation and delivering world-class talent for the aviation ecosystem on Florida\u2019s Space Coast.\u201d<\/p>\n In July 2025, Dassault opened a massive maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at Orlando Melbourne International Airport. Described as the company\u2019s \u201cflagship service center for the Americas\u201d \u2013 as in North America and Latin America \u2013 the 250,000-square-foot operation can house up to 16 Falcon aircraft.<\/p>\n \u201cTheir investment and presence in Melbourne demonstrate a deep commitment to our community, while our collaboration here at Vertex accelerates advanced training, composites capability and real MRO readiness,\u201d Miles said. \u201cTogether, we\u2019re converting vision into measurable regional impact and setting a new standard for aerospace innovation on the Space Coast.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MELBOURNE, FLA. \u2014 Dassault Falcon Jet, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dassault Aviation, is the newest Business-in-Residence at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13060],"tags":[4664,2240,1668,987,40684],"class_list":["post-65465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dassault-aviation","tag-dassault","tag-dassault-aviation","tag-featured","tag-media","tag-vertex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}