In April 2017, Safran and the acoustics laboratory of Le Mans University in France inaugurated an industrial research unit specializing in innovative acoustics materials for the aerospace industry. This research partnership is part of the group's wider efforts to reduce levels of noise produced by airplanes. Here we discuss the project with Dominique Collin, an eminent acoustics expert at Safran. What are the issues relating to noise produced by airplanes? First, it is worth pointing out whe...…