Established 1938, Turbomeca produced low- and medium-power gas turbine turboshaft engines for helicopters and other applications. SNECMA Group acquired the company in September 2001. In 2005 SNECMA merged with SAGEM to form SAFRAN. In 2016 SAFRAN subsidiaries were rebranded into current names.

As of 2020, has produced over 72,000 turbines for more than 2,500 customers in 155 countries. With 6,300 employees worldwide (5000 in France) they produced around 718 new engines and repaired other 1700 annually.

The French State is Safran Helicopter Engines' first customer, with more than 1,600 engines powering around 550 helicopters in service. All of these engines have accumulated more than 3.4 million operating hours.



Safran became the successor to Turbomeca through a series of corporate acquisitions and mergers that began with Snecma in 2000.

- 2000–2001 Acquisition by Snecma : In September 2001, the French aerospace group Snecma acquired the Labinal Group, which included Turbomeca as a subsidiary. This move brought Turbomeca’s world-leading helicopter engine expertise under the Snecma umbrella.
- 2005: Formation of Safran : Safran was officially created on January 1, 2005, through the merger of Snecma and the electronics company Sagem. From this point on, Turbomeca operated as a subsidiary of the newly formed Safran group.
- 2016: Formal Rebranding : On May 19, 2016, Safran consolidated its global brand by renaming all its subsidiaries. As part of this change, Turbomeca was officially rebranded as Safran Helicopter Engines.

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Aneto	3000
Aneto-1K	2500	aw189k
Aneto-1X	2500	Racer
Aravalli		imrh
Ardiden
Ardiden 1H1 Shakti	1384	dhruv , lch
Ardiden 1U / Shakti	1400	luh
Ardiden 3C / WZ16	1800	AC352
Ardiden 3G	1680	Ka-62
Arrano	1200	H160 , H160M
Arriel
Arriel 1	681
Arriel 1B	650	hb350b
Arriel 1C2	763	as565aa , as365n2
Arriel 1D1	712	as350b2 , AirMule / Cormorant
Arriel 1E2	738	ec145 , uh-72a
Arriel 1K	723	a109k
Arriel 1M1	783	as565sa
Arriel 1S1	403	s-76c
Arriel 2B	847	as350b3
Arriel 2B1	847	ec130b4
Arriel 2C	851	as365n3
Arriel 2C1	839	ec155b
Arriel 2C2	938	ec155b1
Arriel 2D	952	h125 , h130 , as350b3e , EC130T2
Arriel 2E	894	h145d2 , h145d3 , h145m , uh-72b
Arriel 2H	986	AC312E
Arriel 2K	1000	AW09
Arriel 2L2	1024	LCH / LAH
Arriel 2S2	897
Arriel 2W	950	R88
Arrius
Arrius 1	450
Arrius 2B1	430	ec135t1
Arrius 2B1A	457
Arrius 2B2	485	ec135t2 , ec135t2+
Arrius 2B2Plus	660	ec135t3
Arrius 2D	450	GrandCabri G5
Arrius 2F	450	H120 , EC120 , EC120B
Arrius 2G1	580	Ka-226T
Arrius 2R	504	505
Arrius 2E	2	H140
Artouste		SO-1120 Ariel III
Artouste IIC	329	Alouette II , se3130
Artouste IIIB	543	sa315b , sa316b , se3160 , sa316b
Artouste IIID	550	SA316C
Astazou		SA361 Dauphin
Astazou IIA	473
Astazou IIIC	590
Astazou IIIN	590	ah.1
Astazou XIV B	543	sa319b
Astazou XIV F	543
Astazou XIV H	590
Astazou XIV M	590	sa342m
TA-230	230	a106
Hybrid Propulsion
Makila
Makila 1A1	1768	as332L1 , h215 , as332l1 , as532sc , Puma Mk2
Makila 2A1	2382	ec225lp
Palouste		Ultralight , SO-1221 Djinn
Turmo
Turmo III B	750	SE.3200 Frelon
Turmo III C4	1169	sa330b
Turmo III C7	1274	super frelon
Turmo IV C	1261	sa330e , sa330l , 330L
Turmo IV B	1328	sa330c