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.

Safran Aircraft Engines draws on an unrivaled legacy reaching back over 110 years to design, develop, produce and market, alone or in partnership, engines for civil and military aircraft.

The Snecma M88 is a French afterburning turbofan engine developed by Snecma (now known as Safran Aircraft Engines) for the Dassault Rafale fighter. The program for the M88 arose from a need for a suitable propulsion system for air-superiority and ground-attack missions.

Mar 19, 2024 · Re-baptized Safran Aircraft Engines in 2016, SNECMA resulted from the grouping of several private aeronautical companies, whose shares were transferred to the State by governmental order in May 1945. Let’s take a look back at …

Snecma Group is considered the world's oldest manufacturer of aircraft engines. It is the fourth largest after GE, Pratt & Whitney, and Rolls-Royce. Of Snecma's two core businesses, Propulsion accounts for a little more than two-thirds of total business.

CFM International is a Franco-American aircraft engine manufacturer. The company is a joint venture between GE Aerospace and Safran Aircraft Engines (formerly known as Snecma) and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was founded in 1974 to build and support the CFM56 series of turbofan engines.

Gnome & Rhône is nationalized and renamed Snecma (Société Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation), which also consolidates most French aero-engine manufacturers, some dating back to the turn of the century.

Jul 23, 2024 · -Snecma, in addition to its important collaborations with other companies, especially with General Electric to manufacture CFM, maintains its line of genuine French turbojet engines such as the ATAR.

Safran Aircraft Engines, anciennement S.N.E.C.M.A. société nationale d'étude et de construction de moteurs d'aviation puis Snecma, est une société française du groupe Safran, spécialisée dans l'étude et la fabrication de moteurs pour l'industrie aéronautique et spatiale.

- Snecma creates new Flight Testing and Jet Engine departments. - Creation of the “Group O”, headed by Dr. Oestrich, which will develop the Snecma Atar jet engine. - Snecma takes control of the Lorraine aero-engine firm. - Tests kick off on Atar prototype (March 26). - Turbomeca tests its first jet engine, called the Pimene.