Story ID: 426
Safran and Bombardier Partner on Defense Tech
By: Sarah Rose
Caption: Partnership to support joint innovation
Word Count: 178
Safran and Bombardier have signed a letter of intent to explore opportunities for collaboration and foster the joint development of innovative, high-performance, and reliable technologies for defense.
“Strengthening our longstanding partnership with Bombardier is a highly strategic move for both our groups,” said Safran CEO Olivier Andriès. “By combining our strengths, we’ll be well placed to accelerate innovation and deliver the advanced defense technologies of tomorrow.”
“This collaboration between Bombardier and Safran will foster the development of new solutions by leveraging our respective areas of expertise,” noted Bombardier president and CEO Éric Martel. “Bombardier and its more than 18,000 people stand ready to help our nations and others meet their evolving defense needs.”
The initiative aims to harness complementary technological expertise and enable the rapid industrial scale-up of new solutions. The announcement comes as the aerospace sector was highlighted as a strategic priority in a June 13 joint statement by French Prime Minister François Bayrou and Quebec Premier François Legault, reaffirming both governments' commitment to deeper economic ties.