Engines
Safran Boosts Deliveries as Work on New Engines Advances
The company wants to boost output from 600 to 1,000 engines by 2025
Safran Helicopter Engines Arriel 2K turboshaft
Safran is boosting production rates for helicopter engines, including the Arriel 2K turboshaft. © Safran/Laurent Pascal

Responding to relentlessly strong demand, Safran Helicopter Engines is seeking to ramp up deliveries of its turboshafts to just above 1,000 units next year. In a briefing with reporters ahead of Heli-Expo 2024, the French company’s CEO, Cédric Goubet, acknowledged this will be a tall order since output was just more than 600 engines last year and it is targeting 900 for 2024.

At the same time, Safran has begun work on a new turboshaft that could eventually replace its Arriel for single-engine helicopters. Goubet said this project is at a very early stage, with engineers still defining what level of technology will be required.