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Innovation

Research is a strategic activity in any high-tech company, and is absolutely essential in building solid foundations for future success. Safran invests considerable resources, both financial and human, to foster innovation.

Safran Engineering Services design department<br />© Rémy Guillaumot {JPEG}
Safran Engineering Services design department
© Rémy Guillaumot

Safran invests heavily in research to meet tomorrow’s challenges. Whether in aerospace, defense or security, the future belongs to those who anticipate the requirements of their customers. For example, the air transport industry has to develop products delivering greater performance, while satisfying both environmental objectives and customers’ economic demands.

At Safran, our innovation strategy integrates a number of key factors, including: the role of greenhouse gases in climate change, the increasing scarcity of natural resources, the increased cost of oil and gas, the need to preserve our lifestyle and provide for future generations. These factors guide our efforts in the design and production of human-engineered products for our core markets of aerospace, defense and security.

Scientific Council

The Scientific Council members alongwith Jean-Paul Herteman (chief executive officer, Safran), Michel Laroche (VP R&T) and Alain Coutrot (Deputy Director, R&T) © Rémy Guillaumot
The Scientific Council members alongwith Jean-Paul Herteman (chief executive officer, Safran), Michel Laroche (VP R&T) and Alain Coutrot (Deputy Director, R&T) © Rémy Guillaumot

Reflecting our role as a major player in research, and to further bolster our partnerships with the scientific community, Safran has created a Scientific Council comprising eight scientists from both France and abroad. Council members bring proven expertise in the scientific disciplines underlying Group businesses: physics, solid and fluid mechanics, materials, automation and numerical simulation. The council chairman is Georges Charpak, French physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1992 for the invention and development of elementary particle detectors.

13,000 patents worldwide
4th largest number of patents in France (INPI 2009 ranking)
450 doctoral scientists in the Group
1.1 billion euros invested in research and developmentannually
60% of research work self-financed

SAFRAN INNOVATION AT A GLANCE

  • European research programs

    Safran plays a lead role in a number of European programs, as well as in the Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative.

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  • Tomorrow’s engines

    Tomorrow’s aircraft engines will burn less fuel and be kinder to our environment.

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  • Biometrics research

    The world leader in biometric systems, Safran focuses on fingerprint, iris and face recognition technologies.

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Safran’s R&T policy

Safran invests considerable resources, both financial and human, to foster innovation.

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Safran’s research

Safran invests heavily in R&D to meet tomorrow’s challenges

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More electric aircraft, to SPEC

To meet the challenge of developing “more electric” aircraft, Safran is pooling its strengths in the Safran Power Electronics Center, or SPEC, which also calls on outside expertise.

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