Safran Arriel family
Safran Arriel is a turboshaft family for light and medium helicopters, spanning Arriel 1 and Arriel 2 product lines. Its civil applications include emergency medical transport, search and rescue, law enforcement and maritime surveillance. Safran reports more than 15,500 engines produced for over 40 helicopter types and more than 66 million accumulated flight hours. These are family-wide service figures, covering multiple engine models and installations.
Identity
- Aliases
- ArrielTurbomeca Arriel
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- family
- Kind
- turboshaft
- Name
- Safran Arriel family
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- Safran Arriel is a turboshaft family for light and medium helicopters, spanning Arriel 1 and Arriel 2 product lines. Its civil applications include emergency medical transport, search and rescue, law enforcement and maritime surveillance. Safran reports more than 15,500 engines produced for over 40 helicopter types and more than 66 million accumulated flight hours. These are family-wide service figures, covering multiple engine models and installations.
- Developers
- Manufacturers
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Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 30, 2026 at 03:06:38 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 17, 2026 at 14:05:37 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Note
- Establishes ARRIEL 2 as a certified engine series held and manufactured by Safran Helicopter Engines.
- Publisher
- European Union Aviation Safety Agency
- Title
- EASA.E.001 — ARRIEL 2 Series engines
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Note
- Establishes Arriel as Safran's active marketed helicopter-engine family rather than an individual model.
- Publisher
- Safran Helicopter Engines
- Title
- Arriel: the preferred engine in the light helicopter market