Safran Aircraft Engines

Safran Aircraft Engines
FormerlySnecma
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAerospace
Defence
Founded1945; 79 years ago (1945)
Headquarters,
Key people
Olivier Andriès (CEO)
ProductsAircraft engines
Rocket engines
RevenueIncrease 11.88 billion (2023)[1]
Increase 2.39 billion (2023)[1]
Number of employees
15,700 (2016)
ParentSafran
Websitesafran-aircraft-engines.com

Safran Aircraft Engines, previously Snecma (Société nationale d'études et de construction de moteurs d'aviation) or Snecma Moteurs, is a French aerospace engine manufacturer headquartered in Courcouronnes and a subsidiary of Safran. It designs, manufactures and maintains engines for commercial and military aircraft as well as rocket engines for launch vehicles and satellites.

Some of its notable developments, alone or in partnership, include the Dassault Rafale's M88 engine, the Concorde's Olympus 593, the CFM56 and CFM-LEAP for single-aisle airliners, as well as the Ariane 5's Vulcain engine.

The company employs around 15,700 people across 35 production sites, offices, and MRO facilities worldwide and files an average of nearly 500 patents each year.

Safran Aircraft Engines also notably operates two joint ventures with GE Aerospace: CFM International, the world’s leading supplier of commercial aircraft engines,[2] and CFM Materials.

  1. ^ a b "Safran publie ses résultats annuels 2023" (in French). Safran. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. ^ "• Global aircraft engine market share by manufacturer | Statista".