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Safran Group Capability List

Aviation

High bypass ratio turbofans for commercial and transport aircraft

  • CFM56 family (50/50 with General Electric) for Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft and Boeing military applications
  • SaM146 engine for the Russian Regional Jet (50/50 with NPO Saturn)
  • Participation in major engine programs: CF6, GE90, GE90-115B, GP7000, PW4000, CF34

Jet engines for combat and training aircraft

  • Combat aircraft: M88 (Rafale), M53 (Mirage 2000)
  • Training aircraft: Larzac (AlphaJet), Adour (Hawk) with Rolls-Royce
  • Engine modules and components: P&W F100

Turboprop engine for tactical transport aircraft

  • TP400 for Airbus A400M (through European consortium EPI)

Turboshaft engines for civil and military helicopters

  • Light helicopters: Arrius®, Arriel®
  • 5 to 7-ton helicopters: TM333, Ardiden®
  • Heavy helicopters: Makila® family
  • RTM322 for NH90 (50/50 with Rolls-Royce)
  • MTR390 for Tiger (with MTU Aero Engines and Rolls-Royce)

Jet-A engine for General Aviation

Engine equipment and parts

  • Integrated engine control systems
  • Power transmissions
  • Engine equipment (pumps, starters, sensors, etc...)
  • Engine modules and components
  • Composite engine parts

Engine services

  • Maintenance, repair and overhaul
  • Integrated Logistics Support
  • Engine testing and test facilities

Nacelles

  • Nacelles and subsystems: Thrust reversers including hydromechanical and electromechanical actuation systems (ETRAS), nozzles, etc...

Landing & braking systems

  • Landing gear / landing systems for all types of commercial and military aircraft
  • Wheels and carbon or steel brakes
  • Electronic and electrohydraulic systems for aircraft braking
  • Steering systems
  • Tire/brake/landing gear monitoring
  • Maintenance, repair and overhaul

Commercial aircraft equipment

  • Network server systems
  • Back-up flight control
  • Secure data link
  • Cockpit control systems
  • Inertial reference units
  • Electrical wiring and connection systems
  • Aircraft condition monitoring systems
  • Composite aerostructures
  • Hydraulic systems
  • Sensors and actuators
  • Ventilation
  • Filtration

Military Aircraft Equipment

  • Inertial navigation units
  • Optronics systems for surveillance and fire control
  • Helmet-mounted sight
  • Missile warning
  • Electrical wiring and connection systems
  • Onboard starting systems
  • Ejector seats
  • Composite structures
  • Auxiliary power units
  • Sensors and actuators
  • Ventilation
  • Filtration

Helicopter equipment

  • Flight control systems
  • Navigation systems
  • Infrared sight
  • Surveillance systems
  • Data transmission systems
  • Electrical wiring and connection systems
  • Hydraulic systems
  • Actuators and sensors
  • Composite aerostructures
  • Auxiliary power units
  • Ventilation
  • Filtration

Military aircraft modernization

Military aircraft ground systems

  • Mission planning
  • Mobile ground carts
  • Ground power units

Engineering services

  • Engineering services for the aviation and automobile markets

Space

Launch Vehicle Propulsion

  • Main stage engines: Vulcain® (Ariane 5 G), Vulcain® 2 (Ariane 5 ECA)
  • Cryogenic upper stage engines: HM7B (Ariane 5 ECA), Vinci® (Ariane 5 ECB)
  • Engine equipment: turbopumps, gas generators, cryogenic valves, pneumatic and fluids connectors
  • Thermostructural composites: extendable nozzles (Snecma Vinci® and Pratt & Whitney RL10B-2 engines), nozzles, throat and exit cones
  • Solid rocket motors: MPS boosters for Ariane 5 (50/50 with Avio within Europropulsion)

Satellite propulsion

  • Plasma thrusters : SPT100, PPS®1350, PPS®5000

Space mirrors

Defense

Tactical UAVs

Centralized control and command rooms

Integrated infantry soldier equipment suites

Missile propulsion

  • Solid rocket motors for strategic missiles (M51) and tactical missiles (Mistral)
  • Turbojet engines for cruise or antiship missiles (Apache/Storm Shadow) and target drones
  • Equipment and systems: hot gas vectoring systems, jet control flaps

Navigation

  • Navigation or guidance systems for strategic and tactical missiles (M51, AASM, ASMP, Apache, Aster, Mistral, MICA, etc...)
  • Periscopes and submarine navigation
  • Tank sight

Homeland Security

Multi-biometric identification systems

  • Fingerprints, iris and face recognition

Identity systems

Counter-crime systems

Secure terminals

  • Payment terminals
  • Lottery terminals
  • Healthcare card terminals

Cards and certification

  • Bank cards
  • Healthcare systems