Safran Landing Systems World Leader in Aircraft Landing and Braking Systems
Our ambition is to deliver best-in-class landing and braking solutions, helping make flying ever safer, more innovative, and more sustainable. Our ATA32 expertise spans the entire lifecycle of our products, from design to in-service support.
Our expertise
Landing Gear & Integration
As a global leader in landing gear, we bring together cutting-edge technology and industrial excellence. With a presence across more than 80 civil and military programs, we equip 35,000 aircraft with customized, reliable, and innovative solutions.
Wheels & Brakes
A pioneer in carbon brakes and inventor of the electric brake, we now equip upwards of 500 airlines and 1,500 military aircraft and helicopter programs. Designed for the most critical operational needs, our solutions offer outstanding performance, weight savings, and durability.
Systems & Equipment
Drawing on our world-renowned expertise in avionics and software, we design hydromechanical and electrical systems for critical functions: braking, landing gear extension/retraction, nose wheel steering, and systems monitoring.
Global MRO Expertise
As a world leader in MRO, we deliver high-performance maintenance solutions for civil and military fleets. Our global network of eight industrial facilities offers the flexibility, short lead times, and high-quality support our customers expect.
International support
Available 24/7, our customer support team offers full assistance via the Landing Life® portal, from regional contacts and support requests to MRO services — all in just a few clicks.
State-of-the-Art Industrial Facilities
To stay ahead, we leverage world-class test laboratories, smarter, and more connected factories and Industry 4.0 technologies, including AI.
A Truly Gamechanging Mindset
Our ability to spark, nurture, and harness collective intelligence enables us to continually push the boundaries of innovation, with 600 patents filed in the last 10 years.
*For commercial airliners with over 100 seats
*For commercial airliners with over 100 seats
TAKING ACTION FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
1/ Our Technological Innovations
To support the aviation sector’s goal of net zero CO₂ emissions by 2050, we're redesigning our products, rethinking our industrial operations and logistics, and working closely with our suppliers to advance our low-carbon roadmap.
Weight Reduction
We're redesigning our products to improve aerodynamics and introducing new materials and processes: lighter, more cost-effective high-strength composites and metal alloys with greater corrosion resistance.
We’re also harnessing the benefits of additive manufacturing, cutting the weight of our systems and equipment by up to 50% while streamlining our production processes.
Electrification
We're electrifying key aircraft functions — including landing gear extension/retraction, wheel steering, and braking — to support lighter, more compact aircraft architectures. In parallel, we’re developing eTAXI, an electric taxiing system for future short- and medium-haul airliners, so they can move around the tarmac without using their engines or relying on tractors.
The result: lower fuel consumption and significantly reduced CO₂, nitrogen oxide (NOₓ) and noise emissions.
Digital
We’re investing heavily in digital technologies across the value chain: automation, robotics, virtual and augmented reality in our factories and advanced braking algorithms, health monitoring, and predictive maintenance for our products and services. These capabilities help us deliver increasingly reliable, high-performance solutions, while enabling real-time monitoring, end-to-end traceability, and richer insights into the condition of in-service equipment.
2/ Our Industrial Operations
We're improving our energy efficiency and switching to green energy, targeting a 50% reduction in CO₂ emissions from our operations by 2030 relative to 2018.
3/ Supplier Alignment
Safran’s Top 400 suppliers are committed to our decarbonization strategy, in line with the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to well below 2°C and ideally 1.5°C.
Our People and Our Diversity: Our Greatest Strengths
Our Commitment to Our People: Making a Difference Together!
We strive to create a safe, inclusive, and inspiring work environment where everyone can develop their potential and perform at their best. To achieve this, we foster a corporate culture built on:
- The health, safety, and wellness of our people — our top priority.
- Kindness, solidarity, respect, and empowerment.
- Inclusion and gender equality.
- Skills and career development, with 26 hours of training per colleague per year, mobility opportunities, career transitions, and much more.
- Community engagement to ensure we have a positive impact on our local areas and regions.
Diversity as a Strength
Spread across three continents and eight countries, we share a rich international heritage and culture. This diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives fuels our ability to innovate and supports our professional growth.
20% of Our Workforce Today Are Women…
Determined to bring more women into our industry, our people are committed to showcasing our careers and the many opportunities we offer women, through academic partnerships, conferences, forums, and the Elles Bougent ambassador network.
Voices of Women: 13 colleagues, 5 countries, one shared sense of boldness!
Discover the journeys of Sarah, Joyce, Laure, Yaneth, Angélique, Mihaela, Kay, Véronique, Sandra, Samantha, Jessica, Audrey, and Marta.
A Century of Legacy
We're the proud heirs of an extraordinary industrial and human legacy, shaped by bold pioneers:
- French engineer George Messier and Briton George Dowty, who earned worldwide recognition for their innovations in landing systems.
- Italian Ettore Bugatti, an iconic figure in the automotive world.
Those who came before us shaped the very history of flying. Today, we’re carrying that legacy forward into the future!
A gamechanging mindset, a constant focus on being our customers’ preferred partner, a commitment to environmental responsibility, and the flourishing of all our people.
Our rating on gender equality
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Gender pay gap
39/40 -
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Allocation of individual increases
20/20 -
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Difference in the distribution of promotions
15/15 -
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Number of employees increased upon return from maternity leave
15/15 -
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Parity among top 10 earners
5/10
Furthermore, the law to accelerate economic and professional equality between men and women from December 24, 2021 (called the Rixain Law) created a new requirement to have women in the executive bodies of companies with over 1,000 employees. Within Safran, the policy on the professional advancement of women, their access to positions of authority, the identification of talent, and assistance with professional development are priorities that we have also extended to our relations with engineering schools and universities in the past few years.
For the scope of Safran Landing Systems, the indicators for 2024 relating to the representation gaps between women and men in positions of greater responsibility are:
- Percentage of senior executives who are women and men, respectively: 21% / 79%
- Percentage of members of executive bodies who are women and men, respectively: 29.8% / 71.2%
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