Safran Cabin Catering B.V.

Their core work

Safran Cabin Catering (formerly Zodiac Aerospace) is a Netherlands-based aircraft cabin and interior systems specialist within the Safran Group. They design and develop cabin components for large passenger aircraft, including rest areas, catering systems, and multifunctional cabin zones. Their H2020 work focuses exclusively on Clean Sky 2 and large-scale aircraft demonstration programs, contributing cabin-level innovations to next-generation commercial aircraft platforms.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the early period (2014-2019), Safran Cabin participated in broad Clean Sky 2 programs (SYS GAM 2018, LPA GAM 2018) with generic systems integration roles and no specific keyword differentiation — suggesting a supporting contributor position. By the later period (2020-2024), their work became more defined, with explicit focus on advanced cabin design, multifunctional fuselage demonstrators, wing design integration, and disruptive cockpit concepts. This shift from general participant to more specialized contributor indicates growing technical ambition within the Clean Sky 2 ecosystem.

Moving from standard cabin component supply toward integrated multifunctional aircraft interior concepts, positioning for next-generation aircraft cabin architectures.

How they like to work

Safran Cabin operates primarily as a specialist contributor within very large Clean Sky 2 consortia — their 126 unique partners across 16 countries reflect the massive scale of these demonstration programs rather than independent network-building. They coordinated one project (CRiSTA) but more often participate as a partner or third party, consistent with a tier-2 supplier role within the Safran Group's broader aerospace ecosystem. Working with them means engaging a focused cabin specialist embedded in Europe's largest aeronautics research program.

Connected to 126 unique partners across 16 countries, though this network is largely inherited from Clean Sky 2's large integrated demonstration platforms rather than independently built. Their geographic reach spans the major European aerospace nations.

What sets them apart

As part of the Safran Group (post-Zodiac acquisition), they bring industrial-scale cabin manufacturing capability directly into EU research programs — not just research, but production-ready design. Their CRiSTA coordination shows they can lead innovation in cabin rest area concepts, a niche few competitors occupy. For consortium builders in aeronautics, they offer a direct bridge between Clean Sky 2 research outputs and serial aircraft cabin production.

Highlights from their portfolio

• CRiSTA
  Their only coordinated project (EUR 277K), focused on multifunctional cabin rest areas — a specialized niche showing independent innovation leadership.
• GAM-2020-LPA
  Large Passenger Aircraft demonstrator platform with the richest keyword set, covering fuselage, wing, cockpit, and propulsion integration — indicates broadening scope beyond cabin interiors.