- Headquarters
- Paris, France · Europe
- Value chain
- Components & subsystems(Inputs); also Systems integration
- What that means
- Makes the parts others build into products: chips, sensors, optics, modules, engines and subsystems.
- Founded
- 2005
- Staff
- 100,000 (2024)
- Ownership
- Listed
- Listing
- EPA:SAF on Google Finance
- Website
- safran-group.com
- Relevance
- Very high at its strongest, in Precision Timing & Atomic Clocks
Paris, FranceIn 6 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
- Precision Timing & Atomic ClocksVery high
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #2 of 50
Safran Electronics & Defense's timing unit (ex-Orolia, Spectratime and T4Science) supplies rubidium clocks and passive hydrogen masers for Galileo and NavIC, plus ground hydrogen masers and resilient PNT timing servers.
Relevance: Leading space rubidium and maser supplier for Galileo, NavIC; major timing servers
- Resilient Positioning & NavigationVery high
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #3 of 50
Safran Electronics & Defense is a global leader in hemispherical-resonator-gyro (HRG Crystal) and ring-laser INS such as Sigma and Geonyx, and its subsidiary Safran Sensonor makes tactical MEMS gyros.
Relevance: Global leader in hemispherical resonator gyro navigation
Space Technologies · Design · listed #7 of 50
Co-maker with GE of the CFM LEAP, maker of the Rafale's M88, lead on the RISE open-rotor demonstrator, and co-owner of ArianeGroup.
Relevance: Top-tier aero-engine maker (CFM LEAP, M88)
Quantum Technologies · Manufacture · listed #4 of 50
Safran's Orolia business, including Spectratime, which it acquired in 2022, makes rubidium and passive hydrogen maser atomic clocks for Galileo and resilient timing systems.
Relevance: Orolia/Spectratime atomic clocks and masers are global leaders
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Integration · listed #11 of 50
Safran Electronics & Defense and Safran Reosc make optronic sights, infrared cameras and large space optics, and Safran co-owns the infrared detector maker Lynred with Thales.
Relevance: Major European optronics and defence imaging house
Advanced Materials & Manufacturing · Research · listed #14 of 50
Safran Composites and Safran Aircraft Engines develop 3D woven resin-transfer-moulded fan blades and CMCs for the LEAP and RISE engines; a top PCT applicant in this field.
Relevance: Leader in 3D woven composites for engine fan blades