Overview
Safran (EPA: SAF) is a French aerospace and defense company developing aircraft engines (LEAP with GE), landing systems, and avionics. Developing autonomous flight control systems and AI-powered predictive maintenance for aircraft.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
HQ
Focus
Products
Stage
AI/autonomy
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Partnerships
Every company Safran has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1GE Aerospace1× joint2 total
- 2Wyca Robotics1× joint1 total
Most recent
Safran on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Olivier Andriès CEO and Directorsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Safran.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Safran in third-party press
Safran to equip Bundeswehr infantry with over 1,000 MOSKITO and hundreds of SHARPCROW portable battlefield observation systems
HAL and Safran Helicopter Engines Sign Final Contract With SAFHAL to Launch Aravalli Engine Programme
Rolls-Royce, Safran vie for India’s next-generation fighter engine
Supplies to (1)
Compute / semiconductor
- Archer Midnightby Archer AviationSafran UCAP (Ultra-Compact Avionics Platform) flight control computer and SkyNaute navigation system (HRG Crystal Hemispherical Resonator Gyroscopes) -- primary flight control and navigation avionics for Archer Midnight eVTOL. Collaboration started 2021; UCAP selected for high-performance compute, safety features, and FAA certification pathway.co-develops
Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Partnerships
2 total · 1 operating · 1 just announced
Every company Safran has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1GE Aerospace1× joint2 total
- 2Wyca Robotics1× joint1 total
Timeline
Every recorded move in Safran’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Archer Aviation
2026-08-23Supply: Avionics technology for Midnight to Archer Aviation
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Bye Aerospace
2026-08-22Supply: component to Bye Aerospace
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Safran.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Safran from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Safran to equip Bundeswehr infantry with over 1,000 MOSKITO and hundreds of SHARPCROW portable battlefield observation systems
Safran Electronics & Defense will supply more than 1,000 MOSKITO observation systems and several hundred SHARPCROW systems for the Bundeswehr under a major order from Rheinmetall…
HAL and Safran Helicopter Engines Sign Final Contract With SAFHAL to Launch Aravalli Engine Programme
(IN BRIEF) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Safran Helicopter Engines have signed a final contract with their joint venture SAFHAL Helicopter Engines Pvt. Ltd. for the…
Rolls-Royce, Safran vie for India’s next-generation fighter engine
New Delhi wants access to a critical fighter engine technology available to only a handful of countries.
Safran reports strong HAMMER guided-bomb performance amid rising defence sales and an expanding international order backlog
Safran said its HAMMER precision-guided bomb programme delivered a strong performance in the first half of 2026, contributing to growth across its defence operations.
Safran triples M88 engine deliveries in Rafale production push, sees potential 2026 cash upside from Indian fighter talks
Safran more than tripled deliveries of M88 fighter engines in the first half of 2026 as Rafale production accelerated.
Safran Validates Resilient Sub-Nanosecond Coherent Clock
The European Space Agency (ESA)-funded project ‘A White Rabbit based implementation of Coherent Clock’ has successfully completed its validation phase. The project demonstrated...…
Safran’s Turbogenerator Will Propel Electra’s Hybrid EL9
TG600 helicopter engine will be the ‘heart’ of the aircraft’s hybrid propulsion system.
End of discussions between Exail Technologies and Safran
On 26 June 2026, following the publication of an article, Exail Technologies confirmed that it had entered into exclusive negotiations regarding a possible acquisition of Exail…
Information on negotiations between Exail Technologies and Safran
Following the publication of an article, Exail Technologies confirms that it has entered into exclusive negotiations regarding a possible acquisition of Exail Technologies by…
300 Seconds to Decide: How Do We Keep Space Launches Safe? - Safran
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Safran and the Technology Innovation Institute intend to lead the next evolution in geospatial intelligence - Safran
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France Taps KNDS, Safran to Explore Future Robotic Land Platform Tech - The Defense Post
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/safran.md
- RSS feed: /companies/safran/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/cc93bb8d-c73e-4aa7-a213-5c6c90a9fd03
- Revision history: /companies/safran/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Safran against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 6, 2026