Safran Launches European TAKE OFF Project to Prepare for First Open Fan Engine Flight
This research program, supported by Clean Aviation, aims to demonstrate a new, more energy-efficient engine architecture for commercial aviation in flight.
Safran has announced the launch of the European "TAKE OFF" project (Technology and Knowledge for European Open Fan Flight), funded with €100 million by the European Union's Clean Aviation public-private partnership. Coordinated by Safran Aircraft Engines, the consortium brings together 25 partners, including Airbus, Avio Aero, and GKN Aerospace, as well as several universities and research centers.
Specifically, the project aims to prepare for the first in-flight demonstration of an "Open Fan" type engine by the end of the decade. Safran notes that this architecture could ultimately improve the energy efficiency of next-generation engines by 20%, starting from the mid-2030s.
The work will cover all stages, from assembling the demonstrator to its integration on an aircraft, through to the analysis of flight test results. The demonstration is planned to take place on an Airbus A380.
Pierre Cottenceau, Chief Technical Officer and Head of R&T at Safran Aircraft Engines, emphasized that "TAKE OFF embodies the shared ambition of the European Union and the aeronautics industry to build more sustainable aviation." Flight tests are expected by 2029 to validate the technological maturity of this propulsion architecture.
Currently, Safran shares are down 1.5% on the Paris stock exchange.
Safran is a high technology international group, a leading equipment provider in the Aerospace and Defense markets. The group specializes in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of equipment and systems of high technology mechanical and electronic equipment. Net sales break down by product family as follows:
- aeronautic and space propulsion systems (50%): helicopter motors (No. 1 worldwide), civil and military airplanes motors, systems for space lancers and missiles, turboreactors for drone targets, etc.;
- aircraft equipment, defense systems and aerosystems (39.3%): airplane engine pods, landing gear, braking systems, electric wiring systems, etc. Safran also offers on board aircraft systems and equipment (primarily evacuation slides, emergency arresting systems, protective parachutes and oxygen systems, electrical power management systems, control systems, water and waste management systems and connectivity systems) and defense and security systems (helicopter flight controls, fingerprint-based biometric identification systems (No. 1 worldwide), inertial systems, optronic systems, tactical drone systems, etc.);
- aircraft interiors (10.7%): cabin interiors and seats.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (19%), Europe (23%), Americas (29%), Asia and Oceania (19%), Africa and Middle East (10%).
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