1990: Snecma announces that it is taking a stake in the GE90 engine program (January).

1990: first flight of the M88-2 engine on the Rafale A demonstrator (February).

1990: Messier-Hispano-Bugatti becomes Messier-Bugatti to avoid confusion with Hispano-Suiza.

1991: first flight of the Mirage 2000-5, powered by the Snecma M53-P2 (April).

1991: start of tests of the Ariane 5 Vulcain cryogenic engine by SEP (June).

1991: delivery of the 5,000th CFM56 (October).

1992: Snecma introduces its current logo (June).

1992: FN Moteurs becomes Techspace Aero (September).

1993: first ground firing test of the MPS solid rocket motor for Ariane 5. Produced by Europropulsion, an equally-owned subsidiary of Snecma and FiatAvio (January), the MPS develops nearly 1.5 million pounds of thrust.

1993: Snecma and the TI Group of Britain, owner of Dowty Aerospace, sign an agreement to merge their landing gear businesses (December).

1994: creation of Messier-Dowty, an equally-owned subsidiary of Snecma and the TI Group (July).

1997: Snecma acquires all of SEP, making it a division.

1998: Snecma Control Systems is created to consolidate the group’s engine control activities, including Elecma (September).

1998: Snecma takes control of Messier-Dowty.

1999: Snecma Services is created to consolidate the group’s engine MRO activities, including Sochata-Snecma (April).

1999: delivery of the 10,000th CFM56 engine (June).

1999: delivery of the 1,000th Viking rocket engine for Ariane 1 to 4 launchers.

2000: Snecma is converted into a holding company, and propulsion operations are spun off into a new company called Snecma Moteurs (January).

2000: Snecma acquires the aeronautical businesses of the Labinal group, including Turbomeca and Microturbo (September).

2000: Snecma acquires the Hurel-Dubois group (November).