Editing Safran Landing Systems (section)

{{Short description|French landing gear manufacturer}}
{{Distinguish|Dowty Rotol}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Safran Landing Systems
| logo = Messier-Bugatti-Dowty logo.png
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| key_people = François Bastin ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.safran-group.com/companies/safran-landing-systems |title=CEO |access-date=5 August 2024 |publisher=Safran }}</ref><br/>Gilles Bouctot ([[Chief operating officer|COO]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.safranmbd.com/spip.php?article696 |title= COO |access-date=24 February 2012 |publisher=Messier-Bugatti-Dowty |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911172049/http://www.safranmbd.com/spip.php?article696 |archive-date=11 September 2012 }}</ref>
| industry = [[Aerospace]], [[Defense contractor|Defence]]
| products = Aircraft landing gear, wheels and brakes<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.safranmbd.com/spip.php?rubrique3&lang=en |title=Activities |access-date=24 February 2012 |publisher=Messier-Bugatti-Dowty |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908104532/http://www.safranmbd.com/spip.php?rubrique3&lang=en |archive-date=8 September 2012 }}</ref>
| revenue = €5.415 billion (2017) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.safran-group.com/sites/group/files/2017_results_en-vdef.pdf |access-date=20 February 2018 |publisher=Safran SA |title=Full Year 2017 Earnings}}</ref>
| operating_income = €682 million
| net_income = €668 million
| num_employees = 7,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.safran-group.com/company/messier-bugatti-dowty?shadowbox=1 |title=Worldwide presence |access-date=24 February 2016 |publisher=Messier-Bugatti-Dowty}}</ref>
| parent = [[Safran]]
| subsid = 
| website = {{Official URL}}
| footnotes = 
| foundation = {{start date and age|2011}}
| location = [[Vélizy]], France|
}}

'''Safran Landing Systems''', formerly '''Messier-Bugatti-Dowty''', is the world's largest manufacturer of aircraft [[landing gear]], and is involved in the design, development, manufacture and customer support of all types of aircraft landing gear, wheels and brakes. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Safran|Safran SA]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-23/safran-landing-gear-unit-poised-to-benefit-from-widebody-demand.html |title=Safran Messier-Dowty Landing Gear Unit Set to Benefit From Widebody Demand |access-date=24 February 2012 |publisher=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]] |date=23 September 2010}}</ref> It is based in [[Vélizy, France]], and was founded in 2011.

The company can be traced to the establishment of a 50/50 [[joint venture]] in 1995 between France's [[SNECMA|Messier]] and the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Dowty Group]], then owned by [[TI Group]]. Messier-Dowty was purchased outright from TI Group by the [[SNECMA]] group in 1998. The 2005 merger of [[SAGEM]] and SNECMA made Messier-Dowty part of the new ''Safran'' company. In May 2011, ''Messier-Bugatti-Dowty'' was formed through the merger of three Safran subsidiaries: Messier-Dowty, Messier-Bugatti and Messier Services. In May 2016, Messier-Bugatti-Dowty became ''Safran Landing Systems''.

Safran Landing Systems operates a number of sites across the globe, in Asia, Europe, Canada, Mexico and the United States; workshare is divided between these locations, each one typically specialising in an aspect of landing gear design, manufacture and support. Its main headquarters is located in [[Vélizy]], outside [[Paris]]. The company's projects are divided into two business units: ''Airbus & European Programs'' and ''Boeing & North American Programs''.