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Safran Aircraft Engines
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<p>Safran Aircraft Engines, previously Snecma (<i>Société nationale d'études et de construction de moteurs d'aviation</i>) or Snecma Moteurs, is a French aerospace engine manufacturer headquartered in <a href="/facts/Courcouronnes/XPzSjt3b">Courcouronnes</a> and a subsidiary of <a href="/facts/Safran/gqvcYc0q">Safran</a>. It designs, manufactures and maintains <a href="/facts/Aircraft_engines/XJo2Bd2e">engines</a> for commercial and military <a href="/facts/Aircraft/EhC4mBep">aircraft</a> as well as <a href="/facts/Rocket_engines/XT5gaFAb">rocket engines</a> for <a href="/facts/Launch_vehicle/g1GCGFJB">launch vehicles</a> and <a href="/facts/Satellites/PTX8c68t">satellites</a>. </p><p>Some of its notable developments, alone or in partnership, include the <a href="/facts/Dassault_Rafale/Y1AKumMG">Dassault Rafale</a>'s <a href="/facts/Snecma_M88/CgtdzSdD">M88</a> engine, the <a href="/facts/Concorde/p5skkuCQ">Concorde</a>'s <a href="/facts/Rolls-Royce%2fSnecma_Olympus_593/MhU12xzo">Olympus 593</a>, the <a href="/facts/CFM56/XjnMkh66">CFM56</a> and <a href="/facts/CFM_International_LEAP/gU0qvuY6">CFM-LEAP</a> for single-aisle airliners, as well as the <a href="/facts/Ariane_5/H78wlLG4">Ariane 5</a>'s <a href="/facts/Vulcain_(rocket_engine)/pe01NawI">Vulcain</a> engine. </p><p>The company employs around 15,700 people across 35 production sites, offices, and <a href="/facts/Maintenance%2c_repair_and_operations/oBDB9khj">MRO</a> facilities worldwide and files an average of nearly 500 <a href="/facts/Patent/LjT2bG3A">patents</a> each year. </p><p>Safran Aircraft Engines also notably operates two joint ventures with <a href="/facts/GE_Aerospace/y50NmB0v">GE Aerospace</a>: <a href="/facts/CFM_International/l6RJNeI0">CFM International</a>, the world’s leading supplier of commercial aircraft engines, and CFM Materials. </p>