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AerospaceLeonardo's shareholder meeting approves 2024 financial statements
Main economical results at end of December
The Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting of Leonardo SpA was held yesterday in Rome. It should be noted that, in line with the provisions of Art. 106 of Law Decree No. 18 of 17 March 2020, as converted, with... more

AerospaceGiuseppe Giordo is the new chairman and CEO of Radia in Italy
He boasts over three decades of experience in the aerospace and defense sector
Giuseppe Giordo is the new Chairman and CEO of Radia's Italian operations, the company developing the WindRunner cargo aircraft. This strategic appointment marks a significant step in the company's expansion... more

AerospaceTAS: contract to extend EGNOS service life
For a value of EUR 51 million
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a new contract worth €51 million with the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) to extend t... more

AerospaceTAS: signed contract with ESA to develop digital twin component
For sustainable and resilient agriculture
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead the SaveCrops4EU project. Part of ESA's Digital... more

AerospaceTAS: space segment of the navigation system orbiting around the Moon
The jv will deveop it for the Moonlight program by ESA
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with Telespazio, a jv between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%) to design and develop the space segment... more

AerospaceAsia's satellite operator selects jv TAS
To build “JSAT-32” communications satellite
Its launch is scheduled in 2027, and will be designed to have an in-orbit lifetime of over 15 years more

AerospaceCSO-3 launched (2), the optical Earth-observation satellite
The instrument flying built by prime contractor TAS
The CSO-3 military observation satellite has been successfully launched by Arianespace atop an Ariane 6 from Europe’s spaceport in French Guyana (on March 6, 2025 at 1:24 pm local time in Kourou, 4:24 p... more

AerospaceBoD of Leonardo approved the preliminary results 2024
Update on the Industrial Plan will be presented on March 11
The Board of Directors of Leonardo reviewed yesterday the preliminary results for the year ended December 2024.Results above or in line with 2024 GuidanceNew Orders increased to €20.9 billion (+12.2% c... more

AerospaceThales Alenia Space-ESA: contract signed for Hydron system
The project conducted with the support of the space agencies involved in this challenge
Thales Alenia Space (Tas), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for Element #2 of the HydRON (High-thRoughput Optical space... more

AerospaceSpace Norway orders THOR 8 satellite from Thales Alenia Space
With a launch mass of 4 metric tons; launch in 2027
Space Norway, Northern Europe’s leading satellite operator, and Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), today announced they have signed a contract for the s... more

AerospaceTAS and Nibe sign a satellite supply contract
For Earth observation constellation project
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with NIBE Space (a subsidiary of NIBE Limited) concerning the supply of a high-resolution optical... more

AerospaceThales Alenia Space signed contract with ESA
To build the EnVision spacecraft
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) worth a total of 367 million Euros, for the supply of a satellite... more

AerospaceThales Alenia Space to develop the payload for the third satellite of the Copernicus mission
Signed an amendment to its CO2M contract, worth 88 million euros
Thales Alenia Space, a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo(33%), has signed an amendment to its CO2M contract, worth 88 million euros, with the space segment prime contractor OHB System. This... more

AerospaceLeonardo signs MoU in Saudi Arabia to expand collaboration
In the aerospace and defence sector
In the framework of bilateral meetings between Italy and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia held yesterday, the Ministry of Investment (MISA) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the General Authority for Military... more

AerospaceThe start of production first quantum key distribution system from geostationary orbit
Thales Alenia Space and Hispasat will make it in the context of the QKD-GEO mission
Civil project most advanced in the world in this sector, with a budget of EUR 103,5 million more

AerospaceItalian ASI entrusts Thales Alenia Space for Sbg mission by NASA
To understand the biological and geological processes on the Earth's surface
The Italian Space Agency (ASI) and Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), have signed a contract for the implementation of NASA's Surface Biology and Geology... more

AerospaceTelespazio: contract for support services to EUSPA and the European Commission
Two ones, valued over EUR 114 million and for four years, assigned to its subsidiaries
Telespazio, a joint-venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), announces the award of two framework contracts to its subsidiaries Telespazio Belgium and Telespazio France for support services to... more

AerospaceVV25 (2): Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite launched
Built by prime contractor TAS, the joint-company -VIDEO
The Copernicus Sentinel-1C Earth observation satellite, built by prime contractor Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint-company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), was successfully launched by a Vega... more

AerospaceEurope unites to respond to SpaceX's Starlink
Thales-Airbus-Leonardo jv under study capable of competing with Musk's satellite constellation
Europe is preparing its response to Elon Musk's supremacy in aerospace. Specifically, there is the idea of creating an industrial coalition capable of competing with SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation.... more

AerospaceThales Alenia Space to lead Carb-Chaser project
The first French constellation to monitor human-induced CO2 emissions
Thales Alenia Space, the joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), unveils the Carb-Chaser project. This innovative program is based on a constellation of new-generation satellites specially... more

AerospaceKoreasat 6A communications satellite launched
By a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, Florida
The Koreasat 6A communications satellite was successfully launched yesterday by a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.Ordered in 2022 by KT SAT Corporation Ltd. (KT SAT), South Korea’s national s... more

AerospaceLeonardo Board of Directors approves 9M 2024 results
Statements by CEO and General Manager Roberto Cingolani
Leonardo's Board of Directors, convened yesterday under the Chairmanship of Stefano Pontecorvo, examined and unanimously approved the 2024 first nine months results.“The economic-financial performance o... more

AerospaceItalian ASI relaunches innovation in Gnss radio navigation systems
The Space Agency's program is divided into five contracts
Over the last five months of 2024, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) has signed five research and development contracts that will allow the creation of national systems and infrastructures of great technical... more

AerospaceThales Alenia Space signed MoU with Panafsat for satellite telecommunications system
The agrement will strengthen the Pan-African strategic partnership between France and Morocco
The system will deliver very-high-throughput services (VHTS) to 26 African countries, 23 of them in French-speaking Africa. Macron, in a State visit in Morocco, will meet the King Mohammed VI more

AerospaceESA orders 6 additional radar-based satellites to Thales Alenia Space
For IRIDE Earth observation constellation
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a 107-Million-Euro contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the supply of 6 additional radar-based... more

AerospaceThales Alenia Space signs a contract with OHB
To develop two radar instruments for ESA’s 10th exciting new Earth Explorer Harmony mission
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with OHB to develop the two Earth observation Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instruments to be... more

AerospaceTelespazio signs a contract with the ESA for the Moonlight programme
Worth 123 million euro and for the future missions to the Moon
Telespazio, a joint-venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), signed a 123 million euro contract today in Milan with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the implementation of the first phase of... more

AerospaceTAS and ESA sign contract amendment to extend and optimize ESPRIT module
For Lunar Gateway orbital outpost set for a significant upgrade
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed an amendment to its contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop the ESPRIT (European System... more

AerospaceHera planetary defence mission successfully launched
TAS provided key technologies onboard the spacecraft
Hera, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) first planetary defence mission, was successfully launched yesterday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, from Cape Canaveral in Florida.The satellite is now heading t... more

AerospaceRosario Esposito joins Avio as Chief Operating Officer
Starting from January 2024; supported by Savio Mazzarella
In the coming years Avio will face an unprecedented opportunity to increase production volumes across a wide array of programs including increased Vega C flight rate, rapid Ariane 6 propulsion systems... more

AerospaceTelespazio renews contract with AVIO for the VEGA launch pad
For maintenance and operational support of it, period 2023-2025
Telespazio, a joint-venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), has renewed its contract with AVIO for the provision of maintenance and operational support activities for the VEGA launch pad located... more

AerospaceSYRACUSE 4B military communication satellite launched
In orbit to boost communications capabilities for French armed forces
The SYRACUSE 4B military communications satellite was successfully launched today by an Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The two satellites in the SY... more

AerospaceLeonardo: term of office of CEO Profumo
For two consecutive terms; no severance payments or benefits
With reference to the termination of the office of CEO of Alessandro Profumo, in office for two consecutive terms from 16 May 2017 until 9 May 2023, Leonardo announces the following. The Company’s Board of... more

AerospaceTAS signed with Italian Space Agency contract for an Ios demonstration mission
The consortium includes five companies in the sector
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has won a €235 million contract from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to design, develop and qualify a spacecraft for a... more

AerospaceSpace mission to Jupiter kicks off
Probe Juice will study the planet's Moons to understand how life is formed
Tomorrow, Thursday 13 April 2023, the Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) space mission organized by the European Space Agency (ESA) will start. An Ariane 5 carrier rocket will take off at 2:15pm Italian... more

AerospaceThales Alenia Space: activities in 2022
A year of successes and achievements
2022 was a decisive year for the future of space, which is recognized as a growth sector, not only in commercial business, but also thanks to momentum driven by governments and major space agencies stepping... more

AerospaceLeonardo: BoD approved 1H results
Orders EUR 7,3bn -ATTACHMENT
Leonardo's Board of Directors, convened yesterday under the Chairmanship of Luciano Carta, examined and unanimously approved results of the first half 2022.Alessandro Profumo, Leonardo CEO, stated “Our g... more

AerospaceOmnispace Spark-2 satellite launched
It completes deployment of the program
Omnispace and Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), today announced the launch and delivery of “Omnispace Spark-2” satellite into orbit. This marks the com... more

AerospaceLeonardo BoD: examined and approved results of the first quarter
Growth path and guidance 2022 confirmed -ATTACHMENT
Leonardo's Board of Directors, convened yesterday under the Chairmanship of Luciano Carta, examined and unanimously approved results of the first quarter 2022. 1Q 2022 financial results The results of t... more

AerospaceThales Alenia Space: team up for space applications
To develop advanced software
Thales Alenia Space, the joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), and the start-up AIKO Srl signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop advanced software for space systems. Their... more

AerospaceWist program for AW-159 Wildcat helicopters of the British defense is underway
The contract signed in 2021 will support over 340 jobs in the South West of the UK
Leonardo launches the new age of technical assistance and integrated training services (Wist - Wildcat Integrated Support and Training) for the AW-159 Wildcat helicopters of the UK Ministry of Defense.... more

AerospaceLeonardo BoD examined and approved the draft of Group results 2021
And guidance 2022-ATTACHMENT
Leonardo's Board of Directors, convened yesterday under the Chairmanship of Luciano Carta, examined and unanimously approved the draft of Group consolidated and Leonardo SpA financial statements at 31... more

AerospaceTAS: contract to develop payload to extract oxygen on the Moon
The company leads study to human activities on its surface
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a study contract with the European Space Agency worth one million euros for a payload concept to extract oxygen... more

AerospaceTelespazio: agreement signed for OneWeb services in Europe
The jv already offers hosting ones for the gateways
OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, and Telespazio, a joint venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), have signed a Distribution Partnership Agreement to deliver... more

AerospaceSpaceopal confirmed as Galileo Service Operator
Confirmed for the next five years
The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has confirmed Spaceopal, a joint-venture owned in equal parts by Telespazio (Leonardo 67%/Thales 33%) and DLR-GfR (owned by the German Space Agency,... more

AerospaceSecond COSMO-SkyMed SG satellite ready for launch
It will take place on January 28 at 0:11 am CET (January 27 at 23:11 UTC)
The second satellite in Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation Earth Observation programme is reach for launching. It will take place on January 28 at 0:11 am CET (January 27 at 23:11 UTC) from Cape C... more

AerospaceNorman Bone as the Chair of the Telespazio UK BoD
He began his career in different roles
Telespazio UK announces the appointment of Norman Bone as the Chair of the Telespazio UK Board of Directors. He is also Chair and CEO of Leonardo UK and a member of Leonardo Electronics Inc. Board of Directors,... more

AerospaceThales Alenia Space: contracts, launches of satellites and investiments 2021
Space exploration, observation, navigation and connectivity via satellite
Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint-company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), logged a number of successes in 2021, including key contracts, major industrial milestones and launches, a series... more

AerospaceWebb telescope launch postponed
Sled due to weather problems; takeoff scheduled for Christmas
Another postponement for the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. For weather problems the mission slips from December 24th to 25th, in the launch window 1:20-1:52pm Italian time. Everything is ready:... more

AerospaceThales Alenia Space to build Astra satellites for Ses
For distribution operations as well as deliver connectivity services over Europe
Thales Alenia Space (Tas), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced that it has signed a contract with Ses (Société Européenne des Satellites) to deliver 2 Ku-band geostationary sa... more