Summary Mag 9 – Safran Group One Magazine

September 2021

Insight Low carbon: employee-driven change Read more

Special Report Internal mobility shifts into high gear Read more

Snapshots Around the World of Safran Read more

Vision MRO: focus on a flagship business Read more

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Editorial

Olivier Andriès emphasizes the importance of our CSR commitments to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
One team

Discover what the latest news from the Group’s teams
One business

Discover what the latest business news from the Group’s companies
One future

Discover the progress of the Group's major innovation and R&T projects

Editorial
- Editorial by Olivier Andriès
  
  Safran has made a very firm commitment this year to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. This target reflects our resolve to play an active role in this global movement, based on the Paris Climate Agreement, to address the climate emergency.
One team
- At a glance
  Discover the news of the Group's teams
- Special Report
  Internal mobility shifts into high gear
  
  The mobility support policy introduced by Safran as part of the Group-wide “Business Transformation” agreement in July 2020 is yielding results, bringing significant benefits to employees and Safran alike.
- Snapshots
  Around the World of Safran
  
  Introducing people from Safran companies, for a quick look at their career paths, their areas of expertise and their rich and exciting vision of Safran.
- Insight
  Low carbon: employee-driven change
  
  Safran has revised the goals of its low carbon project and set a more ambitious target of a 30% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2025, versus 2018. As well as developing low-carbon products, this also implies reducing the carbon footprint of all our activities.
  Here are some of the initiatives underway.
- Interview
  Émilie Delacourte
  
  Émilie Delacourte was named Central Chief Information Officer on March 1, 2021, a position reflecting one of the main challenges facing our Group, namely building an effective IT and digital strategy.
- A day with
  Sabrina Ayat
  
  Working in the Electrical and Electronic Systems Research Group at Safran Tech, Sabrina Ayat designs tests and integrates key technologies for tomorrow’s aircraft. We joined her for a typically busy day.
- Connection
  Safran Data Systems, an instrumental role in air & space
  
  Specialized in flight test instrumentation and telemetry, Safran Data Systems applies its expertise to high value-added niche markets. The company is consolidating its leadership by leveraging its ability to innovate and anticipate in these fast-moving markets.
One business
- At a glance
  One Business News
- Story
  A new start for THE 737 MAX
  
  After two difficult years, the 737 MAX is back! Boeing restarted deliveries in 2021, more than half of the airplanes grounded since March 2019 have now resumed revenue service and new orders have been recorded. All of this is excellent news for Safran, Boeing’s long-standing partner on the 737 family.
- Success
  Safran’s weighty ambitions in the air cargo market
  
  With the opening of a brand new plant in Bangkok in early 2021, the Safran Cabin Cargo & Catering division confirms its ambition of becoming a major player in the fast-growing, innovation-centered air cargo market.
- Industrial Efficiency
  A seat with a long-range view
  
  At the 2019 Paris Air Show, Airbus announced the launch of the A321 XLR – the extra long-range version of its iconic single-aisle twinjet. This extension of the traditional single-aisle market was an excellent opportunity for Safran Seats, and Airbus chose the company’s Vue (“View”) business class seats, purpose-designed for long-range single-aisle jets.
- Strategy
  NARANG refueling pod the Rafale
  
  The Rafale upgraded to the F3-R standard entered service in March 2021, fitted with Narang in-flight refueling pods from Safran Aerosystems. Here’s a closer look at this dedicated system.
- R&D
  An A320neo nacelle line that redefines innovation
  
  In May 2021, Safran Nacelles inaugurated a new production line in Le Havre for the aft cowl of its A320neo nacelle. A team effort involving the plant’s employees, this ultra-modern line features the best Lean Manufacturing precepts, plus a number of innovations, all geared to operational excellence.
- Best practices
  Flex 4.0: rethinking our factories
  
  A small, but enthusiastic and determined team at Safran Electronics & Defense has developed the new standard in production lines. It’s a subtle blend of harmonization, agility and modularity, all designed to meet the challenging industrial performance targets set by One Safran.
- Scan
  Arrano, tomorrow’s helicopter engine
  
  Safran Helicopter Engines designed the new-generation Arrano turboshaft engine for future-generation single-engine helicopters in the 2 to 3-ton class and twin-engine models in the 4 to 6-ton class, like Airbus Helicopters’ new H160. Combining high power and low fuel consumption, the Arrano improves rotorcraft range and payload, meaning it can be used for a wide spectrum of missions. Here’s a closer look at its main features.
One future
- At a glance
  One Future News
- Vision
  MRO: focus on a flagship business
  
  Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) is crucial to the business models of Safran companies and must help drive the post-Covid recovery and prepare their longer-term future. We look at the key challenges ahead.
- Digitalization
  Safran engineering services digitalizes harness design
  
  Digital Design, Manufacturing and Services (DDMS) is Airbus’s large-scale digital transformation program. One component of DDMS is to eliminate the use of 2D diagrams for the design of wiring harnesses on the Airbus A320. Safran Engineering Services has met this challenge with flying colors, reducing production cycle times and costs while demonstrating its flair for innovation.
- A development boost for tomorrow’s compressors
  
  Safran Aero Boosters has partnered with the Belgian government to create BeCOVER, an aerodynamic testing center for turbomachinery in Liège. Offering technical capabilities unrivaled in Europe, it will test all types of compressors for engines powering new-generation civil and military aircraft.
- Did you know?
  Digital metallurgy, a different alloy design approach
  
  Safran Tech, the Group’s Research & Technology Center, has conducted extensive research in recent years to help develop tomorrow’s decarbonized and digitized aircraft. Meeting this goal depends on rethinking not only how an airplane works, but also its constituent components and production processes. Here we take a closer look at digital metallurgy, one of the eco-design solutions under consideration.