1945 ; 71 years ago 1945 headquarters courcouronnes france key people olivier andri s ceo products commercial & military aero engines space propulsion net income 5.3 billion 2013 number of employees 12 400 2010 parent safran website www.snecma.com snecma s.a. or safran aircraft engines is a french multinational aircraft and rocket engine manufacturer headquartered in courcouronnes france . alone or in partnership snecma designs develops produces and markets engines for civil and military aircraft launch vehicles carrier rockets and satellites . the company also offers a complete range of engine support services to airlines armed forces and other operators . snecma is a subsidiary of safran . contents 1 name 2 history 2.1 1960s 2.2 1970s and 1980s 2.3 1990s 3 products 3.1 aircraft 3.2 commercial engines 3.3 military engines 3.4 space engines 4 sites 5 references 6 external links 6.1 video clips name edit snecma used to be an acronym for soci t nationale d tudes et de construction de moteurs d aviation in english national company for the design and construction of aviation engines until 27 april 2004 . citation needed history edit this section contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . september 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message snecma was formed in 1945 with german bmw jet engine technology when the large french aero engine firm gnome & rh ne was nationalised . 1960s edit in 1961 snecma and bristol siddeley agreed to a joint venture to produce the power plant for the concorde which would become the rolls royce snecma olympus 593 . the main body of the engine came from the bristol olympus with the refinements being the addition of the variable intakes necessary for supersonic flight . in 1968 snecma took control of hispano suiza socata and bugatti . snecma valued bugatti s automobile background turbochargers and engines . in a subsequent reorganisation all aero engine maintenance services would be grouped as socata snecma . 1970s and 1980s edit in 1970 messier and snecma agreed to merge their landing gear businesses . the following year messier hispano was formed in which snecma held a stake . snecma took full control of messier hispano in 1973 . in 1977 the landing gear business was further consolidated by the creation of messier hispano bugatti later renamed messier bugatti . snecma and general electric ge created a joint venture in 1974 cfm international beginning a long term relationship which continues today . testing of fadec a joint development of the two companies began in 1985 . 1990s edit in 1990 snecma announced its participation in the general electric ge90 engine programme . messier dowty was formed in 1994 following the merger of the landing gear businesses of snecma messier and the british ti group dowty . in 1997 snecma acquired 100 per cent of soci t europ enne de propulsion . 1 in 1998 snecma took full control of messier dowty . in 1999 snecma services was created to consolidate all maintenance repair and overhaul mro operations including sochata snecma . in 2000 snecma became a holding company and the propulsion business was reformed as snecma moteurs . later in the year snecma acquired labinal along with its turbomeca and microturbo subsidiaries . in 2001 hurel hispano now renamed and known as aircelle was created to consolidate the group s engine nacelle and thrust reverser businesses . in 2005 snecma merged with sagem to form safran . snecma was divided with the company s subsidiaries contributing to the propulsion and equipment divisions of the new group . snecma moteurs was then renamed snecma . in 2010 snecma and ge formed cfm materials as a joint venture 50 50 . in 2016 snecma was renamed safran aircraft engines . products edit cfm international cfm56 powering several airliners . m88 used on the dassault rafale . powerjet sam146 used on sukhoi superjet 100 . vulcain ii main engine of the ariane 5 launcher . the company s major civil aircraft engine is the cfm international cfm56 . produced by a partnership between snecma and general electric cfm56s power more than 4 900 aircraft around the world . snecma is also the main partner for the general electric cf6 80 and ge90 programs . snecma recently increased its presence in the high thrust turbofan segment by joining the engine alliance gp7000 program managed by the engine alliance a 50 50 joint venture of general electric and pratt & whitney . this engine is one of two options available to power the airbus a380 . the company has entered into the powerjet partnership with npo saturn of russia to provide sam146 engines for the sukhoi superjet 100 . aircraft edit snecma coleoptere commercial engines edit cfm international cfm56 50 % cfm international leap 50 % powerjet sam146 50 % general electric ge90 23.5 % general electric cf6 10 20 % share of production depending on engine model engine alliance gp7000 10 % snecma silvercrest under development 5 000 shp turboprop under study for 70 90 seater regional airliners 2 3 military engines edit snecma atar snecma m53 snecma m88 europrop tp400 d6 28 % snecma turbomeca larzac space engines edit viking hm7b pps 1350 vinci under development vulcain sites edit courcouronnes headquarters vry corbeil gennevilliers istres guiana space centre le creusot vernon melun villaroche aerodrome saint quentin en yvelines ch tellerault references edit societe europeenne de propulsion france . jane s space systems and industry . 12 april 2005 . retrieved 18 march 2009 . safran reveals new turboprop efforts . aviation week . 1 may 2013 . retrieved 4 august 2013 . safran veut s attaquer au monopole de pratt & whitney in french . aerobuzz.fr . 24 january 2012 . retrieved 4 august 2013 . gunston bill 2006 . world encyclopedia of aero engines 5th edition . phoenix mill gloucestershire england uk sutton publishing limited . isbn 0 7509 4479 x. external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to snecma . snecma official website video clips edit snecma youtube channel v t e safran subsidiaries messier bugatti dowty morpho sagem sma engines snecma gnome et rh ne hispano suiza labinal turbomeca people jean paul herteman ross mcinnes francis mer v t e sagem aircraft patroller sperwer dassault sagem slowfast sagem crecerelle systems sagem sigma 30 related companies safran snecma v t e snecma aero engines turbojets atar atar volant turbofans m53 m88 silvercrest spacecraft engines viking hm7b pps 1350 vinci vulcain joint development cfm international cfm56 leap powerjet sam146 europrop international tp400 d6 rolls royce olympus 593 m45h turbomeca larzac v t e messier bugatti dowty companies dowty group safran snecma people george dowty v t e ariane rockets main articles ariane family arianespace a rospatiale airbus defence and space snecma european space agency rockets ariane 1 ariane 2 ariane 3 ariane 4 ariane 5 ariane 6 launch site 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