Safran Aircraft Engines

Safran Aircraft Engines

Formerly	Snecma
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Aerospace Defence
Founded	1945; 79 years ago (1945)
Headquarters	Courcouronnes , France
Key people	Olivier Andriès (CEO)
Products	Aircraft engines Rocket engines
Revenue	€ 11.88 billion (2023)[1]
Operating income	€ 2.39 billion (2023)[1]
Number of employees	15,700 (2016)
Parent	Safran
Website	safran-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.