SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS

Their core work

Safran Landing Systems (part of the Safran Group) is a major aerospace manufacturer specializing in aircraft landing gear and braking systems. Within H2020, they contribute industrial expertise to Clean Sky 2 systems integration technology demonstrators and to research on reducing airframe noise generated by landing gears and high-lift devices. Their work bridges full-scale aircraft systems integration with targeted aeroacoustic research, applying high-performance computing and multi-disciplinary optimization to quieter, more efficient landing gear designs.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the early period (2014-2019), Safran Landing Systems focused on broad systems-level integration through the Clean Sky 2 Systems ITD demonstrator (SYS GAM 2018), their largest single project at nearly EUR 3.9M. From 2020 onward, while continuing Systems ITD work (GAM-2020-SYS), they added a more specialized research dimension through INVENTOR, targeting the physics of airframe noise from landing gears using computational methods. This suggests a shift from pure systems integration toward deeper scientific understanding of noise phenomena in their core product area.

Moving toward computationally-driven noise reduction research for landing gear, reflecting the aviation industry's push for quieter aircraft under tightening noise regulations.

How they like to work

Safran Landing Systems participates exclusively as a partner, never as coordinator — consistent with large industrial companies contributing domain expertise to research-led consortia. With 86 unique partners across just 3 projects, they operate in very large consortia (averaging ~29 partners per project), typical of Clean Sky 2 programmes. This makes them an accessible, experienced consortium partner for aviation-related proposals, though they let research organizations take the lead.

They have collaborated with 86 unique partners across 13 countries, primarily through large Clean Sky 2 consortia. This gives them a broad European aerospace network spanning major aviation research hubs.

What sets them apart

As one of the world's leading landing gear manufacturers, Safran Landing Systems brings real industrial-scale product knowledge that most research partners cannot match — they design and build the actual systems being studied. Their combination of manufacturing authority with growing computational aeroacoustics capability makes them a valuable partner for any consortium that needs to ground noise or performance research in production-realistic landing gear configurations.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SYS GAM 2018
  Largest project by funding (EUR 3.9M), part of the flagship Clean Sky 2 Systems ITD programme for next-generation aircraft technology demonstration.
• INVENTOR
  Directly targets landing gear noise physics using HPC and multi-disciplinary optimization — the most technically specific project in their portfolio.