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DefenseLeonardo: financing in order to fund investments in technological development
For EUR 200 million from the EIB
The loan will be focused in four main areas more
DefenseThe first HH-139B helicopter delivered to the Italian Air Force
The Armed Force enhances emergency response and homeland security capabilities
Leonardo has announced today the recent delivery of the first HH-139B twin engine helicopter to the Italian Air Force (AMI), a customized variant of the "bestselling" AW-139 platform, from its facility... more
AerospaceLeonardo: "roller coster" on Stock Exchange
Profumo still bolted to the chair
Leonardo stock is recovering. On October 30, 2020 it reached its minimum of 4.06 euros, on November 20, 2020 it is at 5.7 euros. It has seen better times, of course (a year ago it was at 11.9 euros, for... more
AerospaceRoberto Scaramella strikes again
Former Italian ENAV would like to go to Boeing Italy
You will come back, I know you will come back: when he sang these lines back in 1965, the Italian singer Bruno Lauzi would never have imagined that they would be useful to deepen the figure of a manager... more
AerospaceOnly silence from PM Conte and Minister Gualtieri about Profumo's problems
Sentence on Leonardo's CEO is a risk for company reputation
It is called reputationin the Anglo-Saxon economic world which now considers it a fundamental asset for the evaluation of a company. And today in Leonardo, led by Alessandro Profumo (sentenced in first... more
DefenseUS DoD exercises options for 36 TH-73A helicopters
Production and delivery to be completed at the end of 2022
Leonardo welcomes the announcement made by the US Department of Defense to award AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corp. a 171 million USD modification to the previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract for... more
AerospaceLeonardo: foreclosed on a fifth of Profumo's salary
Bari court ruled on Divania crash and sentenced it to a precautionary patrimonial measure
Another rather heavy tile falls on the head of Alessandro Profumo, CEO of Leonardo. After being sentenced to six years in prison for rigging and false corporate communications relating to the line of inquiry... more
AerospaceProfumo: "smell" of resignation
Tomorrow's Board of Directors could be the last for Leonardo's CEO
It will be an incandescent Board of Directors the one convened in videoconference tomorrow, on Thursday November 5, 2020 at 5:30 pm. Leonardo's board meets with the stock market closed, but on the table,... more
DefenseLeonardo: Alessandro Profumo is surrounded
He's focusing on hi-tech but Leonardo stock is at its lowest in five years, € 4 per share
The tsar is surrounded. Not only the voices for the resignation of Alessandro Profumo as CEO of Leonardo are increasing, even the stock market share seems not to comfort him. Does that market to which... more
AerospaceLeonardo, why Profumo is still not resigning?
Leonardo CEO is in trouble after bad experiences
What if it was time for the Tsar to fall? The sentence of six years in prison and a fine of 2.5 million euros after the crack of Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) led from 2012 to 2015 puts even an untouchable... more
DefenseLeonardo presents Lionfish
The new family of naval defence turrets
Border control, prohibition of maritime traffic, self-protection and the defeat of any type of threat such as asymmetrical surface, including helicopters and drones, are among the operating scenarios in which the system is able to guarantee high effectiveness more
Defense"Euronaval 2020": Leonardo's presence
The industry at the digital exhibition (October 20-27 on-line, event 19-25)
Leonardo, a reference supplier of products and services for naval defence and maritime & coastal surveillance, is participating in the "Euronaval" digital/virtual exhibition (20-27) between the 19th and... more
DefenseLeonardo electronic warfare capability at the heart of RAF swarming drones aircraft demonstration
Its BriteCloud technology is currently being evaluated for service by US Armed Forces
Leonardo, working in partnership with the Royal Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO), have together successfully conducted a live trial of a ‘swarming drones’ capability. During the demo, a num... more
AerospaceAlessandro Profumo (Leonardo CEO) nominated President of ASD
It represents the largest companies and over SMEs and associations from 18 European countries
Leonardo announces the appointment of Alessandro Profumo to the Presidency of AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD). The CEO of Leonardo will lead the organisation for the next... more
DefenseDefence Ministers of Germany and France visit Airbus in Manching
Support for key European programmes
During a visit of the Airbus premises in Manching, the Defence Ministers of Germany and France, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Florence Parly, expressed their nations’ support for key European defence pro... more
AerospaceSatria, Indonesian telecommunication satellite, activities will start up
145,000 areas to be connected over 17,500 islands
Satelit Nusantara Tiga (SNT) and Thales Alenia Space, joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced yesterday the signature of a Preliminary Work Agreement to start the activities of... more
DefenseDevelopment of radar for the RAF Typhoon aircraft
A GBP 317m contract
A £317m contract to develop the next generation of radar for the Royal Air Force's (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoon airplanes will sustain hundreds of jobs and develop technologies for the UK’s Future Combat Ai... more
DefenseMbda Italia: Lorenzo Mariani new managing director
Starting from today
Starting from today, on September 1st, 2020, Lorenzo Mariani has become Executive Group Director Sales & Business Development of MBDA and Managing Director of MBDA Italia. Reporting directly to Eric Béranger,... more
DefenseTempest: collaboration for development on combat air capability
Significant step forward for UK, Italy and Sweden to strengthen it
UK, Sweden and Italy have begun trilateral industry discussions to strengthen collaboration between the three Nations, as they develop world-leading future combat air capability.The new trilateral framework... more
DefenseLeonardo: agreement for maintenance defence systems in-service with the Danish Navy
The twenty-year contract is worth up to 70 million Euros
Leonardo has signed a twenty-year framework agreement with the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) which provides for logistics support and the possible future upgrade of the seventeen... more
DefenseIndra leads the European project that will give control of radioelectric space to fighters and aircraft
Eleven companies work on the "Crown" project, an EU initiative within the PADR
Indra will lead the European "Crown R&D" project that will equip European fighters and aircraft with capabilities which combine radar, communications and electronic defence to dominate radioelectric space... more
DefenseFurther Identification Friend/Foe (IFF) electronics to Japan
Contract signed to provide equipment for four platforms of the Japanese Armed Forces
Leonardo has signed a contract worth around €5M with prime-contractor Japan Radio Company to provide Mode 5-capable Identification Friend/Foe (IFF) equipment for four platforms operated by the Japan G... more
DefenseItaly also says stop selling arms to Turkey
In fact, there is already a law prohibiting the transfer of arms to countries at war
Italy also wants to say "stop" to the sale of arms to Turkey following the attacks in Syria against the Kurds (see AVIONEWS). Following the shutdown by the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Germany and France,... more
DefenseProfumo: "Leonardo helps growing the whole Italian industry"
At Le Bourget the CEO hopes programs to built a new European fighter converge
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta went to Paris "Le Bourget" Air Show to support large and small Italian companies, in a crucial strategic sector for Italian economy.... more
DefenseLeonardo presents its simulation and training services in Stockholm
Industry at the dedicated international forum
This year Leonardo is a major exhibitor at "ITEC 2019", the annual forum dedicated to simulation, education and training in the military and civil domains.Training and simulation is a rapidly expanding... more
DefenseBriteCloud will be tested by the US Air National Guard
It is Leonardo's electronic protection system
Leonardo has announced at the "Electronic Warfare Europe" conference (Stockholm, 13-15 May) that the United States Department of Defense has selected its BriteCloud expendable active decoy (EAD) to be... more
DefenseTurkey: exclusion from the F-35 program could create a lot of damage to industries
US sanctions would amount to more than 10 billion dollars
The main victim of the possible exclusion of Turkey from the Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft program could be the local defense industry, because buying the S-400 missile system from Russia will lead to... more
DefenseDefense. The CH-47F ER helicopter program has been cut
Sacrificed to remodel military spending
In order to remodel the military expenses, the Ministry of Defense would have cancelled -according to some rumors- the acquisition of the 4 Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters in the ER (Extended Range)... more
DefenseItaly. 500 million euros of backlog for F-35 aircraft
Possible problem in relations with the United States
Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft will be a problem in future relations between Italy and the United States, also because Washington has already been noted that there are about 500 million euros of arrears... more
DefenseGermany: F-35 excluded from the tender for the new aircraft?
It will be an easy victory for the Eurofighter Typhoon
The German Defense Ministry -according to some rumors- has decided to exclude Lockheed Martin F-35 planes from the fleet replacement program for the 90 dated Panavia Tornado. A move that if confirmed would... more
DefenseAustria: 300 million for new helicopters
3 Black Hawk and a new training aircraft
The Austrian Government would have decided to allocate 300 million euros to be able to purchase an undefined number of helicopters for the armed forces, especially to be able to order three Sikorsky UH-60... more
DefenseElbit Systems and Leonardo: new torpedo capabilities for Seagull
It is Elbit's USV
Adding to the Seagull Unmanned Surface Vessels’ (USV) capability to mount and launch light weight torpedoes, Elbit Systems ISTAR division has teamed with Leonardo to develop and demonstrate Leonardo’s lig... more
DefenseAircraft. FCAS: Airbus and Dassault will soon present the prototype
The goal is to find new financing
The aerospace companies Airbus and Dassault Aviation in the next months should present the mock-up of what will be the new French-German warplane, in order to obtain the necessary funding to design and... more
DefenseLeonardo: upgraded ship delivered to Royal Bahrain Naval Force
It is the second of six units, the first one in 2017
During a ceremony in Mina Salman at Royal Bahrain Navy headquarters, Leonardo delivered the second of six upgraded naval vessels, Al Muharraq ship, following a deal signed in 2015 with the Royal Bahrain... more
DefenseItaly. Still cuts to the orders of the F-35 aircraft
It could be a heavy blow even for Leonardo
The Italian government may not purchase more new Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightining II aircraft, reducing the total number starting from the first batch that will not consist of 10 airplanes, but only from... more
DefenseLeonardo selected by LIG Nex1 as a strategic technology partner
It is a South Korean company active in the aerospace and defense sectors
Leonardo announced at "Indo Defence 2018 Expo & Forum" (Jakarta 7–10 November) that it has been selected by the Republic of Korea-based company LIG Nex1 as a strategic technology partner. The two companies w... more
DefenseUK: sale of aircraft radar systems to China
Agreement that keeps the privacy of the company involved in the business
A British company operating in the defense sector has obtained the green light from the Chinese government to sell armaments and technologies to the armed forces of Beijing, and among this there is also... more
DefenseThe new German corvettes equipped with Leonardo naval defense systems
The industry has signed a contract with the federal military procurement agency
Leonardo signed a contract with the Bundesamt für Ausrüstung,Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr, the German Federal Office in charge of defence acquisitions, to provide seven OTO 76/62 Super R... more
DefenseBoeing: another $ 170 million spent on the KC-46 aircraft
The hope of the company is that they are the last ones before delivery to the USAF
The US aerospace company Boeing will have to pay another 179 million dollars in the program of the new KC-46 Pegasus tanker aircraft, necessary to remedy the last 5 "category 1" problems detected by the... more
DefensePlanes. Usa: there will be no appeals against the Boeing-Saab victory
There would be no basis for Leonardo DRS and Lockheed Martin-KAI
Surprisingly neither Lockheed Martin-KAI nor Leonardo DRS decided to appeal against the decision of the US Air Force (USAF) to award the contract for training aircraft to Boeing-Saab. An agreement worth... more
DefenseLeonardo and Thales aircraft protection system defends against multiple missiles
Demonstrated as part of the "SALT" exercise in Sweden
Leonardo and Thales have announced that their end-to-end missile warning and protection system has been proven highly effective in live-fire scenarios, demonstrating the system’s ability to very quickly d... more
DefenseFincantieri-Leonardo: guiding principles to strengthen naval collaboration
By revamping their Orizzonte Sistemi Navali joint-venture
Leonardo and Fincantieri, as part of the collaborative relationship and the preferred partnership launched in October 2014, have established the guiding principles of an agreement in the field of naval... more
DefenseLeonardo loses an important order in the USA
Are there the choices of Moretti at the base of this defeat?
The US Air Force (USAF) announced yesterday the winner of the tender for the new advanced training aircraft, announcing that the $ 9.2 billion contract for the supply of 351 airplanes and 46 simulators... more
DefenseJapan: antisom exercise carried out for better capabilities
Declarations necessary to "reassure" China
The government of Japan has denied those from China criticized the naval exercise done in the South China Sea by the Japanese Navy over the week-end, when the submarine Kuroshio, two destroyers and the... more
DefenseUSAF: the new training aircraft will be announced by the end of September
Favored the "clean-sheet" presented by Boeing and Saab. The quotation for the T-100 is down
After the US Air Force (USAF) has received all the offers from the various aerospace industries involved in the tender for new generation advanced training aircraft, in the coming weeks it will be -as... more
DefenseF-35 and military expenses on the table of the Conte-Trump meeting
Not just the economy and trade, but we will also talk about defense
Today begins the State visit to the United States of America that includes the meeting between the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and the American President Donald Trump today in the White House to talk... more
DefenseIveco-Oto: consortium signs contract with Italian Ministry of Defence
For 10 Centauro II armoured vehicles
The Iveco-Oto Melara Consortium (CIO), which is 50% owned by Leonardo, signed today a contract worth 159 million Euros with the Italian Ministry of Defence for the acquisition of the first 10 new Centauro... more
DefenseLeonardo: order in defense sector
DRS will provide active protection systems for US Army tanks
Leonardo, through the US subsidiary Leonardo DRS, has been awarded a contract worth USD 193 million by US Army to provide active protection systems for US Army tanks.Leonardo DRS will provide the US Army... more
DefenseLeonardo to supply BSA torpedo to the Italian Navy
Black Shark Advanced will equip the U212A class submarines of the Armed Force
Leonardo will supply Black Shark Advanced (BSA) torpedoes and associated logistic support services to equip the Italian Navy’s U212A 2nd Series submarines. The new equipment will significantly increase t... more
DefenseLeonardo signs defence systems collaboration agreement
With Konstrukta Defence in Slovakia
Leonardo has signed a collaboration agreement with Slovakia's Konstrukta Defence, a reference provider of artillery systems, that will see the two companies working together in the precision-guided ammunition... more