A model of the Safran M88 engine that powers the Dassault Rafale displayed at the Paris Air Show 2025. (Janes/Sam Wise) Safran Aircraft Engines is developing a higher-thrust version of the Safran M88 ...

Safran has unveiled the M88 T-Rex, an evolution of the in-service M88 engine, designed to power the F5 standard of the Dassault Aviation Rafale fighter. Available thrust with afterburner will increase ...

The French government and Safran are in talks about upgrading the M88 engine for the Dassault Aviation Rafale combat aircraft, in part to sustain industrial know-how. Franck Saudo, president of Safran ...

Safran Aircraft Engines’ goal for the T-Rex enhancement for its Dassault Aviation Rafale-powering M88 engine is to “deliver more thrust with minimal changes” to the design, according to the company’s ...

Snecma has completed a first round of bench tests on a technology demonstrator intended to improve operating costs and dispatch reliability of the M88 engine that powers the Rafale, and determine the ...

NEW DELHI: French major Safran Aircraft Systems on Wednesday announced the construction of a new MRO (maintenance, repair, overhaul) shop at Hyderabad dedicated for the M88 turbofan engines of Rafale ...

France’s Safran broke ground for a facility exclusively for maintenance of the M88 military engines, which power Rafale fighter jets, in Hyderabad on Wednesday (November 26, 2025). It is located ...