Panache: Safran Grand Prize Innovation Awards 2013

“Panache”*: This single-piece composite nacelle delivers considerable weight savings due to a simplified design and the elimination of a number of interfaces. The Safran Grand Prize & Product and Technology Innovation Award went to this world’s first: Nexcelle (JV 50/50 Safran Nacelles and Middle River Aircraft Systems (MRAS), a subsidiary of GE) validated the technical maturity and effectiveness of the single-piece “O-Duct” type composite nacelle using its Panache demonstrator.*Pylon and Nacelle Advanced Configuration for High Efficiency

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06/04/2013