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Civil aviationLeonardo: BoD approves FY2025 results and 2026 guidance
Confirming the preliminary ones announced in February - ATTACHMENT
The Board of Directors of Leonardo (BoD), convened yesterday under the Chairmanship of Stefano Pontecorvo, examined and unanimously approved the full year 2025 results, confirming the preliminary results... more
DefenseEurodrone: France abandons European armed fighter aircraft project: what happens now?
Paris withdraws from the Male Rpas € 7 bn program: why, implications, reactions, future prospects
The future of European industrial cooperation hangs in the balance... more
Civil aviationBaykar completes acquisition of Piaggio Aerospace's business complexes
The Turkish industry has pledged to maintain current employment levels at the Villanova d’Albenga and Genoa sites
The transfer of the business complexes of Piaggio Aero Industries and Piaggio Aviation – the two companies under extraordinary administration operating under the Piaggio Aerospace brand – to the Turkish aer... more
Fair and shows"Le Bourget" (3). Leonardo-Baykar: jv established for unmanned technologies
The new company, LBA Systems, will be based in Italy
At the International "Paris Airshow" in Le Bourget, Leonardo and Baykar technologies announced today the establishment of a joint venture dedicated to the development of unmanned technologies. The companies... more
DefenseSpy alert in the skies of Lake Maggiore
Repeated overflights of a drone aircraft, probably Russian, over the EU research centre in Ispra
A drone aircraft of suspected Russian manufacture repeatedly flew over the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra, on Lake Maggiore, causing concern and alarm among security authorities.... more
DefenseLeonardo and Baykar: partnership for unmanned technologies
A MoU signed to establish a jv for Unmanned Aerial Systems
The sites in Italy involved in the activities developed by the joint-venture will be four: Ronchi dei Legionari (Gorizia, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region), Turin (Piedmont Region) and Rome-Tiburtina, and Nerviano (Milan, Lombardy Region) more
Civil aviationTelespazio Iberica and Leonardo: contract to counter forest fire on Canary Islands
By the Falco Evo, remotely piloted aircraft
Telespazio Ibérica, a reference company in geo-information in Spain, and the industrial group Leonardo, a global player in Aerospace, Defense and Security (AD&S), will work together to protect the Canary... more
Civil aviationLeonardo unveils design of Proteus uncrewed rotorcraft technology demonstrator
It on-track to fly for the first time in mid-2025
Leonardo, the Royal Navy and the UK Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Future Capability Innovation (FCI) team have unveiled the design of the Proteus technology demonstrator a... more
AirportsFalco Xplorer UAS completed its final test flight at Trapani airport in Italy
Activity to validate the DAA technological demonstrator
Building on the achievements, the consortium is moving forward to the follow-up project, “EUDAAS2”, to start 1st December 2024 under the EDF 2023 framework more
DefenseNew frontier in Italian Defense: "Sciamano Drone Carrier" ship under development
The project will be presented at the "Sea Drone Tech Summit 2024"
The Italian Navy is developing an innovative drone carrier ship called "Sciamano Drone Carrier", specifically designed to launch and recover both fixed-wing and rotary-wing UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles).... more
DefenseAirbus Helicopters completes large-scale demonstration of MUM-T system
Within the framework of the European Musher Programme, on H-130 FlightLab platforms and Uas VSR-700
Held from September 30 to October 9, it involved multiple manned helicopters and unmanned systems connected to a single MUM-T network more
Civil aviationHelicopters. "Heli-Expo 2024" kicks off
Over 600 exhibitors; panel on Advanced Air Mobility, artificial intelligence and aviation safety - VIDEO
The international exhibition "Heli-Expo 2024" kicks off in the United States. The event, which opened in the last few hours and will end next Thursday 29 February at the Anaheim Convention center in California,... more
DefenseFincantieri audit: industry looks at cyber ships
Folgiero: "Candidates to lead the Italian underwater pole, let's revitalize the agreement with Leonardo"
Technological base, strategic autonomy, Italian Underwater Center. These are the key points discussed today by the CEO of the Fincantieri Group, Pierroberto Folgiero, in the hearing at the Italian Defense... more
AirportsPresentation of URANO for including drones in Italy’s ATM system
It is a research project funded by ASI, with the technical assistance of ENAV, implemented by Telespazio
Guaranteeing adequate safety standards and the utmost precision at every stage in flight with satellite navigation systems, particularly Galileo, RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems) and UAS (Unmanned... more
Civil aviationTelespazio and Iridium partner to boost Aero & IoT markets
With a specific focus on the UAV segment
Telespazio –a joint-venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%)– has signed a VAR “Value Added Reseller” Agreement with Iridium Communications Inc. to offer Iridium Certus Aero and IoT services on boar... more
IndustryAirbus and Occar sign Eurodrone aircraft system
For development and manufacturing of 20 systems and 5 years of support
Airbus and the Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR) have signed the Eurodrone global contract, which includes the development and manufacturing of 20 systems and 5 years of initial in-service... more
Civil aviationAirplanes-helicopters."Singapore Airshow 2022" from February 15-18
The event every two years in Asia; numbers in 2020 -VIDEO
Every two years, high-level government and military delegations, as well as senior corporate executives around the world attend the "Singapore Airshow" to forge partnerships and seal deals in this region. 2020... more
AirportsAVIONEWS interviews Bauer, Volocopter commercial director
On the occasion of the presentation of eVtol Volocity - VIDEO
AVIONEWS talked with Christian Bauer, the commercial director of Volocopter, the German company that developed Volocity, a vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVtol) presented in these days at the... more
HelicoptersAWHero helicopter achieves world's first military certification
For a rotary UAS in its category
Leonardo’s AWHero RUAS (Rotary Uncrewed Aerial System) has received basic military certification from Italy’s DAAA (Direzione degli Armamenti Aeronautici e per l’Aeronavigabilità), the Directorate for Ai... more
IndustryFuture rotorcraft UAS opportunities
Leonardo and Northrop Grumman join forces
Leonardo and Northrop Grumman announce their intention to jointly pursue opportunities in the Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) domain.Drawing on Leonardo’s expertise i... more
Civil defense"European Rotors" plans debut in 2021 (November 16-18)
It combines the physical trade show with digital content to create a hybrid event
"European Rotors", the new VTOL Show and Safety Conference: the number of registered exhibitors is constantly rising. Furthermore, the in-person event will be augmented by a digital show platform.The event... more
DefenseFirst launch of Leonardo’s BriteCloud 218 decoy from target drone
Test by the German Armed Forces
A recent trial, which saw the German Armed Forces launching a Leonardo BriteCloud 218 decoy from an Airbus RPATS test platform, to evaluate its potential in protecting flying weapon systems from radar-guided... more
Industry"Seaspray" radar to be integrated on MQ-9B SeaGuardian RPAS
It will enable persistent maritime ISR
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is working with Leonardo to integrate its Seaspray 7500E V2 radar into the centerline radar pod of its MQ-9B SeaGuardian remotely-piloted aircraft system... more
Civil aviationLeonardo’s acoustic sub hunter technology adds dipping sonar in new demo
The equipment installed on a naval vessel while an Italian Navy NH-90 helicopter supported by dispensing sonobuoys during the trial
A key design feature of the system is its lightweight form factor, which can also be fitted to small, light helicopters for littoral operations more
HelicoptersHelicopter-UAV. Demonstrated teaming with AW-159 and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
A UK first for seamless integration
On 17th September, Leonardo successfully demonstrated unique integrated capabilities between a manned aircraft and an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). This took place in the UK during Manned-Unmanned Teaming... 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
ConferencesPolitecnico di Milano wins the first edition of the "Leonardo Drone Contest"
The digital award ceremony
The Politecnico di Milano won the first edition of the “Leonardo Drone Contest. An Open Innovation Challenge", a competition launched by Leonardo in collaboration with six Italian universities to promote t... more
IndustryCounter-drone technology of Leonardo delivered to RAF
To support the research and development programme Synergia
Leonardo in the UK has delivered the first of four complete baseline counter-drone systems to the Royal Air Force (RAF) in support of the next stage of its Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) research... more
UAS-DronesSafer unmanned aircraft with project of Politecnico di Milano
The three year plan, launched in 2017, had two main objectives
Using remotely piloted aircraft is one of the main challenges faced by the aerospace industry in recent decades, with a growing number of applications for both military and civilian use. To guarantee the... more
UAS-DronesLeonardo extends its training services capabilities to rotorcraft UAS
Comprehensive mission planning package development launched for the AWHERO RUAS
he Company has recently obtained an Authorized Training Organization Certificate for UAS released by Italian ENAC more
UAS-DronesFalco Xplorer drone aircraft completes first flight
It was unveiled at last year’s "Paris Air Show"
Leonardo has announced the maiden flight of its new Falco Xplorer drone aircraft. Falco Xplorer S/N0001 took off from Trapani Air Force base on January 15, cruised over the Gulf of Trapani in a dedicated... more
UAS-DronesLeonardo invests in the solar-powered drone aircraft
It is expected to begin flight operations as soon as 2021
Leonardo is accelerating the progress of technology and innovation in autonomous flight by investing in Skydweller Aero Inc., a US/Spanish start-up specialising in large-scale solar-powered unmanned air... more
UAS-DronesLeonardo launches the Drone Contest in Turin
During Innovation Day, Crescendo. Naturalia - Artificialia
Leonardo Innovation Day, Crescendo. Naturalia - Artificialia was held today at the OGR in Turin to promote the cross fertilization of ideas between humanistic and scientific disciplines. The event was... more
UAS-DronesM-40 target drone sees first action
During an exercise with Italian Navy
Leonardo’s new M-40 target drone flew its first live missions for the Italian Navy in a recent training exercise at an Italian joint armed forces test range. The exercise saw the aircraft carrier "Cavour" a... more
UAS-DronesLeonardo unveils its enhanced AwHero Ruas helicopter
For surveillance and disaster relief missions and inaugurates new facility in Pisa
Leonardo opened today its new facility in Pisa (Italy) dedicated to the development and production of the AwHero Rotary Unmanned Air System (RUAS). During the official ceremony, also attended by national... more
UAS-DronesThe European MALE RPAS programme passed the SPDR as final milestone
The schedule expects a contract signature in 2019
Another major milestone in the European Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (MALE RPAS) programme was attained with the achievement of the System Preliminary Design Review (SPDR)... more
UAS-DronesFalco EVO RPAS deployed for drone based maritime surveillance
As part of the "Frontex" test programme
Leonardo’s Falco EVO Remotely-Piloted Air System (RPAS), in a maritime patrol configuration, has been deployed from Lampedusa airport (Lampedusa Island) as part of the "Frontex" surveillance research p... more
UAS-DronesFirst flight campaign of Falco EVO drone aircraft completed
With new engine and satellite command link -PHOTO
The new configuration extends the envelope of the RPAS, benefits include extended range of operations more
UAS-DronesLeonardo technology in a workshop dedicated to unmanned sector
The three-day meeting held in Genoa
The unmanned (remotely piloted) technology of Leonardo was central to the three-day “Free Thinking Workshop” recently held at the Ansaldo Foundation’s headquarters in Genoa. Leonardo’s managers attendi... more
UAS-DronesItalian Enav: partner for drone aircraft management selected (2)
It is an industrial team led by Leonardo in partnership with Telespazio and IdS
A prospective study estimated that in 2035 there will be over 7 million UAVs in European skies more
UAS-DronesFirst satellite-controlled European MALE-class drone flight
Leonardo announced it today
A flight campaign saw Leonardo’s innovative, proprietary satellite-based solution used to operate Piaggio Aerospace’s P.1HH HammerHead drone, demonstrating the ability to control unmanned platforms beyond the range of ground-based radio coverage more
UAS-DronesM-40 target drone gets green light for operations
It has now been authorised by the Italian Military Airworthiness Authority (MAA)
Following comprehensive testing at the PISQ (Poligono Interforze Salto di Quirra) joint armed forces test range in Sardinia, Leonardo’s new Mirach-40 (M-40) target drone has been authorised for operational u... more
UAS-DronesSW-4 Solo helicopter performs first flight with no pilot onboard
Performed from Taranto-Grottaglie Airport in Italy
Leonardo announced today that the SW-4 Solo optionally piloted helicopter successfully completed its maiden flight with no safety pilot onboard at Taranto-Grottaglie Airport (Southern Italy). The aircraft... more
UAS-DronesFlight test for P-1HH UAV aircraft resumes in Trapani
Trapani, Italy - After the completion of an intensive program of on the ground testing in recent months
Piaggio Aerospace, an Italian aircraft manufacturer active in the business, defense and security sectors, today resumed flight test activity for the second prototype of its P-1HH HammerHead, the state... more
UAS-DronesSurveillance services based on drone aircraft use for civilian missions -"Paris-Le Bourget 2017"
Paris, France - Environmental monitoring, firefighting, humanitarian surveillance, migration flows, emergency response and border control
Leonardo has partnered with the certified air operator Heli Protection Europe (HPE) to offer surveillance and reconnaissance services via the operation of remotely piloted airvehicles (RPAS) aircraft on... more
UAS-Drones"World ATM Congress 2017". Civil drones aircraft: Leonardo’s new system for secure air traffic management
Madrid, Spain - The new system manages remotely-piloted airborne vehicles in ‘U-Space’, up to 150 metres above ground
Leonardo is ready to deploy its automated system for Unmanned-aircraft air- Traffic Management. Using new technologies, the system is able to efficiently and safely manage unmanned civil airborne traffic... more
UAS-DronesRotary Wing UAS: Leonardo and UK MoD launch Phase 2 of the (RWUAS) demonstrator programme
Rome, Italy - It will draw on the "Unmanned Warrior 2016" demonstrations and earlier Phase 1 activities
The UK Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Technology Office has placed a two year, jointly funded, Research and Development contract for a Rotary Wing Unmanned Air System, Capability C... more
UAS-DronesUAV aircraft. Leonardo-Finmeccanica acquires Sistemi Dinamici and becomes stronger in unmanned systems
Rome, Italy - Hero is an unmanned light helicopter ideal for various civil and military applications
Leonardo-Finmeccanica acquired the full control of Sistemi Dinamici SpA from IDS SpA on December 23rd (and communicated only today). The control of the company, which involved the remaining 60 percent... more
UAS-DronesLeonardo-Finmeccanica: SW-4 ‘Solo’ Rotary Wing UAV at "Unmanned Warrior 2016"
Rome, Italy - And advanced airborne sensors
Leonardo-Finmeccanica attended Royal Navy’s "Unmanned Warrior 2016" from 9th to 21st October, the largest demonstration of maritime autonomous systems ever held. The industry demonstrated the capabilities o... more