Safran Aneto-1A
Safran's Aneto-1A is the turboshaft designation identified in current manufacturer material for the Airbus Racer high-speed helicopter demonstrator. It is associated with Eco Mode, a hybridization concept intended to place one of the two engines on standby during cruise and restart it with electric assistance when needed. Safran's 2025 report records the 1A's first flight on Racer. Earlier Racer announcements used Aneto-1X; these source dates do not, by themselves, establish a rename or identical hardware configuration.
Identity
- Aliases
- Aneto-1ASafran Aneto-1A
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- variant
- Kind
- turboshaft
- Name
- Safran Aneto-1A
- Status
- development
Details
- Description
- Safran's Aneto-1A is the turboshaft designation identified in current manufacturer material for the Airbus Racer high-speed helicopter demonstrator. It is associated with Eco Mode, a hybridization concept intended to place one of the two engines on standby during cruise and restart it with electric assistance when needed. Safran's 2025 report records the 1A's first flight on Racer. Earlier Racer announcements used Aneto-1X; these source dates do not, by themselves, establish a rename or identical hardware configuration.
- Developers
- Family
- Lineage
- Note
- Safran places Aneto-1A as a distinct Aneto-family variant selected for the RACER high-speed demonstrator and equipped for the Eco-mode hybridization concept; this edge records the supported family boundary without inventing a RACER vehicle-family row.
- Related Propulsion System
- Relationship
- direct-derivative-of
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- Safran identifies the Aneto family and states that Aneto-1A was selected to power the Airbus Helicopters RACER high-speed demonstrator and benefits from Eco-mode hybridization.
- Publisher
- Safran Helicopter Engines
- Title
- Helicopter High Power Engines
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- Safran states that RACER Eco Mode uses an Aneto-1A engine and a fast-restart electrical system, with ground validation ahead of flight testing.
- Publisher
- Safran Helicopter Engines
- Title
- Safran validates Eco Mode helicopter hybrid propulsion concept
- Manufacturers
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 21:39:56 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 17, 2026 at 12:30:36 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- Safran identifies Aneto-1A as selected to power the Airbus Helicopters RACER high-speed demonstrator and as benefiting from the Eco-mode hybridization concept.
- Publisher
- Safran Helicopter Engines
- Title
- Helicopter High Power Engines
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- Safran states that the RACER Eco Mode uses an Aneto-1A engine and a fast-restart electrical system; the concept was validated in ground tests ahead of flight testing.
- Publisher
- Safran Helicopter Engines
- Title
- Safran validates Eco Mode helicopter hybrid propulsion concept
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- Safran’s 2025 registration document records the Aneto-1A’s first flight on the Airbus Helicopters RACER demonstrator and forthcoming Eco-mode flight testing.
- Publisher
- Safran
- Title
- 2025 Universal Registration Document
- Accessed Date
- 2026-10-17
- Publisher
- Safran Helicopter Engines
- Title
- Aneto selected to power Airbus Helicopters Racer high-speed demonstrator