Company profile

Part of the Safran group, Hispano-Suiza is a high-tech specialist in airborne power transmission and management, focusing on two areas:
- Power transmissions,
- Electronic power controllers and electrical systems. As a major player in the enabling technologies and systems needed for “more electric” aircraft, we aim to become a world leader in the entire electrical energy system on aircraft.

 

We have two main product lines, intended for the international civil and military aircraft markets:
- Power transmission systems, covering the design, development, production and support of these systems for civil and military airplanes and helicopters.
- Electrical systems and equipment, covering the design, development, production and support of electronic power controllers for onboard electrical equipment. In addition to our electrical equipment technologies, we also offer products for onboard electrical systems, including power generation and distribution

Customers

Engine manufacturers: Snecma, Rolls-Royce, General Electric, etc.
Aircraft manufacturers: Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Dassault Aviation, Eurocopter, Gulfstream, etc.

Hispano-Suiza at a glance  :
  • Employees: 1,200
  • 3 production plants, two near Paris and one in Poland
  • 28,000 power transmissions in service
  • More than 580 million flight-hours