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Floats and life rafts for helicopters

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Overview of Safran Aerosystems:
Safran Aerosystems is a prominent global entity in aeronautic equipment and systems, especially for helicopters. The company focuses on designing and manufacturing advanced solutions to improve air transport safety and performance. With a workforce of over 81,000 across 30 countries, Safran operates in aviation, defense, and space sectors.
Product Offerings:
  • Emergency Flotation Systems: These systems allow helicopters to safely land on water, maintaining stability even in challenging sea conditions (up to sea state 6). They are lightweight and innovative, minimizing the risk of capsizing.
  • Life Raft Systems: Safran provides automatic, reversible inflatable life rafts that are lightweight and compact, ensuring easy boarding and high survivability.
  • Pilot and Crew Equipment: This includes automatic single life rafts and specialized equipment for pilots and crew, suitable for both fighters and helicopters.
Customer Support and Innovation:
Safran offers extensive global customer support with flexible, tailored services to ensure reliability and cost-efficiency. Their strategy includes preventive maintenance through data analytics and innovations in production techniques and materials.
Key Achievements and Capabilities:
  • Leading the world in helicopter emergency flotation systems with 60 years of expertise.
  • Ability to equip 80% of the global helicopter market with flotation systems.
  • Conducting over 8,500 equipment repairs monthly by MRO teams.
  • Partnerships with major helicopter manufacturers like Airbus, Bell, and Leonardo.
Technical Specifications:
Safran's life rafts and flotation systems feature self-righting capabilities, insulated inflatable floors, and self-deploying boarding ramps. They offer various models with different capacities and configurations to meet diverse customer needs.
Conclusion:
Safran Aerosystems remains a leader in developing and manufacturing advanced aeronautic safety systems, focusing on innovation and customer-centric solutions to enhance helicopter safety and performance globally.
Additional Equipment Overview:
The document also details specifications and features of safety and survival equipment for military and civil aviation, including life jackets, immersion suits, anti-G suits, hoisting straps, and more.
Life Jackets:
Various life jackets are described, including the 275N model with high buoyancy and CE approval, and the Type 35 and Type 300 jackets, highlighting buoyancy, survival components, and compatibility with survival packs.
Immersion Suits:
Designed for aircraft or helicopter crews flying over water, these suits provide thermal protection and are made from fire-resistant materials like GORE-TEX®. They come in various sizes and colors, with features like removable pockets.
Anti-G Suits:
These suits protect aircrew from high G-forces, are fire-resistant, and available in multiple sizes for both men and women, compatible with various platforms.
Hoisting Straps:
Used for helicopter rescues, these straps are designed for safety and ease of handling, suitable for both training and operational missions.
Additional Equipment:
Includes evacuation ropes, drip trays for helicopters, and UAV emergency flotation systems, enhancing safety and operational efficiency.
Contact Information:
Contact details for sales managers at Safran Aerosystems are provided for the safety systems division.
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Copyright ©Eric.raz/airbus Safran Aerosystems Evacuation Systems Floats and Rafts COGNAC, France

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SAFRAN, is a key international player in aeronautic equipment and systems for helicopters, designs and manufactures high tech solutions for today’s helicopters. CAGE CODE F6101 SAFRAN AEROSYSTEMS COGNAC

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SAFRAN WORLDWIDE SAFRAN IS AN INTERNATIONAL HIGH-TECHNOLOGY GROUP, OPERATING IN THE AVIATION (PROPULSION, EQUIPMENT AND INTERIORS), DEFENSE AND SPACE MARKETS. ITS CORE PURPOSE IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO A SAFER, MORE SUSTAINABLE WORLD, WHERE AIR TRANSPORT IS MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, COMFORTABLE AND ACCESSIBLE. SAFRAN HAS A GLOBAL PRESENCE, WITH 84,000 EMPLOYEES AND HOLDS, ALONE OR IN PARTNERSHIP, WORLD OR EUROPEAN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN ITS CORE MARKETS. SAFRAN U NDERTAKES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS TO MAINTAIN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES OF ITS R&T AND INNOVATION ROADMAP. OUR MISSIONS...

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SAFRAN OVERVIEW Fuel & Fluid systems Safety Emergency oxygen systems for passengers and crew Life vests Pilot oxygen systems Hydraulic Equipment and fluid assemblies for landing, braking and steering systems Servo-valves and flexible couplings for Auxiliary Power Units Life Rafts Hydraulic and fluid equipment Evacuation systems Ice protection systems Fuel management systems (tank inerting, gauging and distribution) Fluid equipment, air management and engine accessories Fluid equipment, air management and engine accessories Anti-ice and de-icing systems Hydraulic and fluid equipment Oxygen systems...

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OUR DEPARTMENTS AIRCRAFT ENGINES SAFRAN AEROSYSTEMS HELICOPTER ENGINES TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS NACELLES Evacuation slides AEROBOOSTERS SAFRAN AEROSYSTEMS ELECTRICAL & POWER Floats, rafts & protections ELECTRONICS & DEFENCE LANDING SYSTEMS SEATS Oxygen systems PASSENGER SOLUTIONS

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SAFRAN AEROSYSTEMS INCREASING HELICOPTERS PERFORMANCE & OPTIMIZING FLIGHT SAFETY. A KEY INTERNATIONAL PLAYER IN AERONAUTIC EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS FOR HELICOPTERS, SAFRAN DESIGNS AND MANUFACTURES HIGH TECH SOLUTIONS FOR TODAY’S HELICOPTERS. EMERGENCY FLOTATION SYSTEMS Designed to enable a helicopter in difficulty to land on water, our emergency flotation systems are light and innovative. Capable of providing stability to sea state 6 and more, they reduce the risks of capsize and submersion during a sea landing. #1 WORLDWIDE IN EMERGENCY FLOTATION SYSTEMS FOR HELICOPTERS 60 YEARS OF EXPERTISE IN...

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CUSTOMER SUPPORT PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE WORLDWIDE CUSTOMER SUPPORT IMPROVING SERVICES THROUGH INNOVATION FLEXIBLE, TAILORED SUPPORT Operators require reliability, flexibility, cost-efficiency and optimized planning. Safran is well-positioned to offer extensive, customtailored support across the full lifecycle of rotorcraft programs. Our global aftermarket offering includes spares provisioning and supply, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), Aircraft- On-Ground (AOG) support, engineering services, real-time data monitoring, logistics management, as well as on-site and technical support and...

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EMERGENCY FLOATS SYSTEMS SAFRAN AEROSYSTEMS (ex ZODIAC/AERAZUR) is the world leader, since 1965, of Emergency Float Systems for Helicopters. We equip all helicopters manufacturers not only with our Emergency Float Systems. Our expertise covers Float Bags, Emergency Float Systems, Life Rafts, Life Vests, Composite Containers, Gas Cylinders, Inflatable Stretchers, Pilot Equipment and other Evacuation and Protection Systems. We can provide complete integrated systems from cockpit to helicopter fuselage and provide a complete a turnkey system. EMERGENCY FLOATATION SYSTEMS are designed to minimize...

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CUSTOMERS Airbus Helicopters AVIC Bell Helicopters Helicopters Guimbal Korean Aerospace Industry Leonardo Helicopters EMERGENCY FLOATS SYSTEMS SAFRAN AEROSYSTEMS EVACUATION SYSTEMS FLOATS & RAFTS manufactures Emergency Floats Systems since 1965 (Alouette3). Safran Aerosystems is the world leader of evacuation systems floats & rafts supplied to OEM, covering all major helicopter manufacturers Safran Aerosystems has a robust evacuation systems float and raft expertise on design and development. This expertise is consolidate by strong capability to calculate & simulate loads to ensure the helicopter...

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CUSTOMERS Airbus Defense & Space Airbus Helicopters Bell Leonardo EMERGENCY LIFE RAFT SYSTEMS REVERSIBLE LIFE RAFTS From 9 to 18 pax TYPE 725 & 731 LIFE RAFTS From 25 to 31 pax Safran Aerosystems is the major life raft manufacturer which offers both Self-Righting or Reversible Life Raft on the aviation or helicopter market. The design ensures an automatic self-righting of the raft, whichever position it may have, before inflation, up to sea state 6. This distinctive feature has the advantage to secure passengers in critical moments as the Life Raft is ready for use immediately and don’t involve...

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Self righting series For a greater headroom and a comfortable environment, a double Arch support red polyurethane strong protective and high visible canopy The total opening system of the canopy ensures an easy hoisting of the passengers Two zipped doors – Two rainwater collectors An insulated inflatable floor to prevent occupants from hypothermia Two octogonal buoyancy tubes Self deploying boarding ramp facilitated access from the water Boarding aids : Two boarding handles located on each side of entrance. Internal and External grab straps Nominal capacity Overload capacity Vacuum packed in...

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Reversible Life Rafts Nominal Capacity Overload Capacity For a greater headroom and a comfortable environment, a double Arch support red polyurethane strong protective and high visible canopy The total opening system of the canopy ensures an easy hoisting of the passengers An insulated inflatable floor occupants from hypothermia Two exagonal buoyancy tubes Boarding aids : Two boarding handles located on each side of entrance. Internal and External grab straps

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Copyright © 2022 Airbus Military Life Raft type 725 - 731 Life-Rafts Type 731 and 725 are identical in design, material and equipment. Type 731 is an extended version of Life-Raft Type 725 for an increase of rated capacity from 25 persons to 31 persons. Automatically inflated twin tube life raft with self erecting canopy. These life rafts are integrated in a soft carrying case (cylindrical or rectangular). For a greater headroom and a comfortable environment, a double arch support red polyurethane strong protective and high visible canopy Two octogonal buoyancy tubes An insulated inflatable florr...

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