The Airframer Bulletin

Safran Aero Boosters

All news ✕ Clear ‹ Current edition

Every Bulletin story and press release covering Safran Aero Boosters, newest first.

29 items

2026

22 July

ReleaseSafran Aero Boosters and BMT Aerospace signed up to additively manufacture components for Pratt & Whitney's F135 engine for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft

1 April

Safran plans €125m aircraft components plant in Wallonia

Compressor plant in Welkenraedt aims to support rising demand from major civil aircraft engine programmes, with operations expected to begin in 2028

2025

16 October

Belgium strengthens F-35 industrial role with P&W partnership

An agreement between Belgium, Pratt & Whitney, Safran Aero Boosters and BMT Aerospace will deepen industrial cooperation and secure long-term economic benefits from the F-35 programme.

16 June

ReleaseOpen Fan: the Safran Aero Boosters low pressure compressor is ready to meet the challenges of the RISE program

5 June

Safran Blades opens Marchin site for titanium blade production

The facility in Wallonia was built with regional and federal support and aims to produce 700,000 blades annually by 2026.

2024

27 November

ReleaseThe Walloon Region, the Belgian Federal State and Safran inaugurate a new test center – the only one of its kind in Europe – for the aircraft engines of the future

2023

10 December

ReleaseSafran Aero Boosters and BMT Aerospace work together on the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine for the F35 military aircraft

28 August

ReleaseLaunch of renovation work at the new Safran compressor blade plant in Marchin

20 June

ReleaseSafran unveils HIPEX, its new heat exchanger for aircraft engines

2022

22 December

Safran Blades will produce titanium compressor blades at a new plant in Walloon, Belgium.

Safran plans compressor blade plant in Liege

Plant 4.0 will produce more than 2,000 blades and vanes a day, with innovative, autonomous real-time quality control at every critical stage of production. It will be operational in 2025 and will employ around 100 people.

2019

23 October

ReleaseSolvay and Belgian aerospace companies sign partnership agreement with Lockheed Martin in the presence of the Belgian government

20 June

ReleaseIntespace mechanical testing skills: an asset for the certification of the Leap-1B developed by Techspace Aero (Safran Group)

9 January

ReleaseSafran bolsters production capacity in Poland

2014

11 July

ReleaseGE names international aerospace companies as GE9X engine program participants

2013

29 November

ReleaseEU technology programme ENOVAL launched

9 September

ReleaseCenco International awarded contract for a new aero-engine test and delivery facility at the Rolls-Royce Seletar Campus in Singapore.

2006

6 November

The Airframer Bulletin

ReleaseSafran Aero Boosters and BMT Aerospace signed up to additively manufacture components for Pratt & Whitney's F135 engine for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft

Safran plans €125m aircraft components plant in Wallonia

Belgium strengthens F-35 industrial role with P&W partnership

ReleaseOpen Fan: the Safran Aero Boosters low pressure compressor is ready to meet the challenges of the RISE program

Safran Blades opens Marchin site for titanium blade production

ReleaseThe Walloon Region, the Belgian Federal State and Safran inaugurate a new test center – the only one of its kind in Europe – for the aircraft engines of the future

ReleaseSafran Aero Boosters and BMT Aerospace work together on the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine for the F35 military aircraft

ReleaseLaunch of renovation work at the new Safran compressor blade plant in Marchin

ReleaseSafran unveils HIPEX, its new heat exchanger for aircraft engines

Safran plans compressor blade plant in Liege

ReleaseSolvay and Belgian aerospace companies sign partnership agreement with Lockheed Martin in the presence of the Belgian government

ReleaseKAI and Safran signed a strategic partnership

ReleaseGE9X continues march toward certification

ReleaseForging global links in the GE9X supply chain

ReleaseGEnx demonstrator engine: second phase of GE9X CMC component testing complete

ReleaseGE Aviation finalizes GE9X engine program participant agreements

ReleaseSafran groups companies under a single brand

ReleaseIntespace mechanical testing skills: an asset for the certification of the Leap-1B developed by Techspace Aero (Safran Group)

ReleaseSafran bolsters production capacity in Poland

ReleaseGE names international aerospace companies as GE9X engine program participants

ReleaseEU technology programme ENOVAL launched

ReleaseGE signs IHI and Techspace Aero as partners on Passport program

ReleaseDonaldson selected to provide oil filter kits for Snecma Silvercrest engine

ReleaseFirth Rixson and Techspace Aero execute multi year ring agreement

ReleaseEngine Alliance completes 100th GP7200 engine; specific fuel consumption improvement noted

ReleaseCenco International and CIAM conclude a design partnership on high-tech engine test facilities

ReleaseGEnx-2B engine powers maiden flight of Boeing's new 747-8 aircraft

ReleaseCenco International awarded contract for a new aero-engine test and delivery facility at the Rolls-Royce Seletar Campus in Singapore.

ReleaseSeveral test engine facility contracts (total of €11m) for Cenco International

The Airframer Bulletin

ReleaseSafran Aero Boosters and BMT Aerospace signed up to additively manufacture components for Pratt & Whitney's F135 engine for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft

Safran plans €125m aircraft components plant in Wallonia

Belgium strengthens F-35 industrial role with P&W partnership

ReleaseOpen Fan: the Safran Aero Boosters low pressure compressor is ready to meet the challenges of the RISE program

Safran Blades opens Marchin site for titanium blade production

ReleaseThe Walloon Region, the Belgian Federal State and Safran inaugurate a new test center – the only one of its kind in Europe – for the aircraft engines of the future

ReleaseSafran Aero Boosters and BMT Aerospace work together on the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine for the F35 military aircraft

ReleaseLaunch of renovation work at the new Safran compressor blade plant in Marchin

ReleaseSafran unveils HIPEX, its new heat exchanger for aircraft engines

Safran plans compressor blade plant in Liege

ReleaseSolvay and Belgian aerospace companies sign partnership agreement with Lockheed Martin in the presence of the Belgian government

ReleaseKAI and Safran signed a strategic partnership

ReleaseGE9X continues march toward certification

ReleaseForging global links in the GE9X supply chain

ReleaseGEnx demonstrator engine: second phase of GE9X CMC component testing complete

ReleaseGE Aviation finalizes GE9X engine program participant agreements

ReleaseSafran groups companies under a single brand

ReleaseIntespace mechanical testing skills: an asset for the certification of the Leap-1B developed by Techspace Aero (Safran Group)

ReleaseSafran bolsters production capacity in Poland

ReleaseGE names international aerospace companies as GE9X engine program participants

ReleaseEU technology programme ENOVAL launched

ReleaseGE signs IHI and Techspace Aero as partners on Passport program

ReleaseDonaldson selected to provide oil filter kits for Snecma Silvercrest engine

ReleaseFirth Rixson and Techspace Aero execute multi year ring agreement

ReleaseEngine Alliance completes 100th GP7200 engine; specific fuel consumption improvement noted

ReleaseCenco International and CIAM conclude a design partnership on high-tech engine test facilities

ReleaseGEnx-2B engine powers maiden flight of Boeing's new 747-8 aircraft

ReleaseCenco International awarded contract for a new aero-engine test and delivery facility at the Rolls-Royce Seletar Campus in Singapore.

ReleaseSeveral test engine facility contracts (total of &euro;11m) for Cenco International

ReleaseSeveral test engine facility contracts (total of €11m) for Cenco International