{"id":64601,"date":"2026-08-13T10:15:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/64601\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T10:15:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:15:58","slug":"launch-of-european-clean-aviation-take-off-project-led-by-safran-and-partners-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/64601\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of European Clean Aviation TAKE OFF project led by Safran and partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/104301_O.jpg\" alt=\"Launch of European Clean Aviation TAKE OFF project led by Safran and partners  Safran S.A. \u00a9\" class=\"img-fluid w-100\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Safran S.A. \u00a9<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0TAKE OFF (Technology And Knowledge for European Open Fan Flight) project, funded under the European Union\u2019s research and innovation programme Clean Aviation, was officially kicked-off with the ambition to bring the first Open Fan engine to flight. As the consortium leader, Safran Aircraft Engines will coordinate development efforts among 25 partners, bringing together European industry leaders\u2014including Airbus, Avio Aero, and GKN Aerospace\u2014with top universities and research centers.<\/p>\n<p>The TAKE OFF project has been granted a \u20ac100 million funding from the Clean Aviation public-private partnership to prepare for the first flight demonstration of an Open Fan engine architecture by the end of the decade. Building on the Clean Aviation\u00a0OFELIA (Open Fan for Environmental Low Impact of Aviation) project results, TAKE OFF aims at pushing the technologies forward for the Open Fan engine architecture. This architecture was unveiled in 2021 as part of the CFM RISE technology demonstration program: the target is to achieve a 20% improvement in fuel efficiency for next-generation engines starting from mid-next decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTAKE OFF embodies the European Union and aerospace industry\u2019s shared ambition to make aviation more sustainable,\u201d said Pierre Cottenceau, Vice President, Engineering, Research &amp; Technology at Safran Aircraft Engines. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to partner with leading industry players on this pivotal project shaping our sector\u2019s future. Project synergies will pave the way for a full-scale Open Fan engine flight demonstration, showcasing the competitive benefits of such architecture in terms of energy efficiency and acoustic performances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The TAKE OFF project spans every stage \u2014 from demonstrator engine assembly and aircraft integration to flight clearance and comprehensive post-flight analysis. The project will culminate in an Airbus A380 flight demonstration, targeting technological maturity equivalent to a pre-development configuration. These efforts will be conducted in synergy with the results of the\u00a0COMPANION (Common Platform and Advanced Instrumentation Readiness for Ultra Efficient Propulsion) project led by Airbus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking is excited to launch this flagship action for the programme and notably for the short\/medium-range aircraft thrust\u201d said\u00a0Mar\u00eda Calvo, Head of Unit Project Management at Clean Aviation. \u201cBuilding on the good results shown with OFELIA and COMPANION, TAKE OFF must now demonstrate the viability of the disruptive Open Fan engine concept at a higher maturity level, in line with the flight test campaign expected for 2029.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of Clean Aviation\u2019s roadmap for ultra-efficient short\/medium-range aircraft, TAKE OFF will provide flight-proven demonstration for this propulsion technology \u2014 guiding engine design and mitigating industrial investment risks.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Safran S.A. \u00a9 The\u00a0TAKE OFF (Technology And Knowledge for European Open Fan Flight) project, funded under the European&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13022],"tags":[4660],"class_list":["post-64601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-safran","tag-safran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}