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Safran, trading as SAF.PA, produces the Vulcain and Vinci engines that power the Ariane launch vehicle family, alongside its aircraft engine business.
SAF.PAACTIVESafran is a leading French aerospace and defense group specializing in aircraft engines, rocket propulsion, and aerospace equipment. The company produces the Vulcain and Vinci engines that power the Ariane launch vehicle family, making it a cornerstone of European space access.
Formed in 2005 from the merger of Snecma and Sagem, Safran has grown into one of the world's largest aerospace suppliers. Through its subsidiary ArianeGroup (a 50/50 joint venture with Airbus), Safran develops and manufactures the cryogenic rocket engines that power Europe's Ariane 5 and Ariane 6 launchers. The Vulcain engine serves as the main stage engine while the re-ignitable Vinci engine powers the upper stage. Beyond space propulsion, Safran is a global leader in aircraft engines through its CFM International joint venture with GE Aviation, producing the best-selling CFM56 and LEAP engine families.
Not ranked: No measurable space activity in our data (space-coded federal awards or subcontracts, space revenue in the company’s SEC annual report, an orbital launch, or a space-segment profile: for a defense company or a diversified aerospace group, a subsector naming space work, and for a diversified group a space line cited at $100M or more): scored, but not ranked as a space company.
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Not measured: Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
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Strategic solid-propellant ballistic missile motor for the French Navy submarine-launched deterrent.
Re-ignitable cryogenic upper-stage engine for Ariane 6, enabling complex multi-burn mission profiles.
Cryogenic main-stage engine for Ariane 6, producing 135 tonnes of thrust using liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.
| Safran Aircraft Engines HQ | headquarters | Gennevilliers, France |
| Vernon Rocket Engine Facility | manufacturing | Vernon, France |
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APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 8). Safran: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 8, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/safran
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Safran: Company dossier." Data as of October 8, 2026. Accessed October 8, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/safran.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_safran_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Safran}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/safran}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/safran},
urldate = {2026-10-08},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-08; each fact links its primary source}
}