Press Releases

Leonardo has announced sales this year of over 150 units of its ‘Linaps' artillery pointing system and over 100 FIN 3120 Inertial Navigation Units (INU), worth together more than 50M Euros, signalling a sustained level of interest in the company's artillery airming systems.

Leonardo has announced a contract, signed with the UK Ministry of Defence in September, to provide equipment that will simulate radar threats to the RAF's new A400M transport aircraft prior to take-off

At a ceremony held during the 2017 edition of the Seoul ADEX exhibition, Leonardo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hanwha Systems, one of South Korea's leading aerospace systems manufacturers, to jointly provide avionics and mission systems for the Republic of Korea and other international customers.

Leonardo has been awarded a contract by the Commonwealth of Australia's Department of Defence to deliver Information Management software to six Collins-class submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The contract, called ‘Submarine Communication Information Exchange Management' (SCIEM), is part of Australia's Project SEA1439 Phase 5B2 upgrade programme.

Leonardo has been selected by the UK Government's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to lead a team of UK companies in work that will help protect British Army vehicles against current and future weapons.

Leonardo and Thales are being contracted by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)'s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to demonstrate their world-leading Infra-Red (IR) protection system in trials in early 2018. The companies are currently engaged in development activities to bring together two of their most advanced products, Thales's ‘Elix-IR' Threat Warning System and Leonardo's ‘Miysis' Directed Infra-Red Counter-Measure (DIRCM) system. Together, the systems will offer an end-to-end protection system for military and civil platforms, ranging from small helicopters to large troop transports/VIP platforms, against threatening missiles.

Leonardo has teamed with Discovery Air Defence Services Inc. ("DA Defence"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Discovery Air Inc., and Inzpire Ltd. to develop and deliver a customer centered, low-risk, live air training solution for the UK Ministry of Defence's Air Support to Defence Operational Training ("ASDOT") programme.

Leonardo has signed a contract with RUAG Aviation, original equipment manufacturer and type certificate holder of the Dornier 228 aircraft, to provide its Seaspray 5000E Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars for the two new production model Dornier 228 multirole aircraft, recently ordered by the Bangladesh Navy. The new aircraft will be used to help monitor and protect Bangladesh's 120,000 square kilometres of maritime territorial area and exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The radars will be delivered in 2018.

Leonardo has welcomed a contract between NETMA and Eurofighter for a Defensive Aids Sub System (DASS) capability upgrade for the UK's Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets

Leonardo has signed a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) worth in excess of 290 million Euros.