Components for Switzerland’s first F-35A aircraft are being manufactured at Leonardo’s Cameri facility in Italy. The fuselage and wing will be sent to the US for final assembly, with deliveries to Switzerland beginning in 2028.
ITPS Canada has ordered six Leonardo M-346 T Block 20 advanced jet trainers, with options for an additional six for tactical fighter pilot training at the International Tactical Training Centre.
Leonardo has signed a contract valued at around €320 million with Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), part of EDGE Group, to provide naval combat systems for the Kuwait Navy’s Al Dorra missile boat program, supporting the Falaj 3 configuration and wider cooperation efforts.
Austria has signed a contract for 12 M-346 F Block 20 aircraft from Leonardo, covering aircraft delivery, training systems, and six years of logistical and maintenance support. The M-346 F aircraft will replace the Saab 105, which retired from Austrian service in 2020.
Leonardo has signed a contract with Italy’s TELEDIFE to develop and deliver four next-generation radars for the Michelangelo Dome air and missile defence system, intended to detect and track ballistic threats at ranges of up to 3,000 kilometres.
The German Navy has taken delivery of its first NH90 Sea Tiger helicopter, with a total of 31 Sea Tigers planned to replaced the Sea Lynx fleet. The NH90 is equipped with sonar systems and can deploy torpedoes and anti-ship missiles.
KNDS Deutschland and Italy’s Leonardo have signed a Letter of Intent to jointly develop a new mobile artillery system, combining KNDS’s artillery gun module with Leonardo’s wheeled vehicle platform for future Italian Army requirements. The KNDS 155 mm/L52 main gun Artillery Gun Module has a rate of fire of nine rounds per minute and requires a crew of two to three personnel.
Leonardo has conducted a successful SAMP/T NG missile qualification launch using its KRONOS Grand Mobile High Power radar, marking the first major test milestone for the newly launched Michelangelo Security Dome.
Leonardo has presented the Michelangelo Dome, a new integrated defence system designed to counter multi-domain threats, combining sensors, cyber-defence tools, AI and coordinated effectors under a unified architecture.
The UK has awarded MBDA a £316 million contract to advance the DragonFire laser weapon system and install it on a Type 45 destroyer by 2027, following trials in Scotland that involved shooting down high-speed drones.
The Leonardo Rheinmetall Military Vehicles joint venture has received its first contract to supply 21 A2CS Combat vehicles to the Italian Army, marking a major step in Italy–Germany defence cooperation and European industrial integration. The supply is part of the Italian Army’s A2CS – Army Armoured Combat System program, which plans for a total acquisition of 1,050 armoured combat vehicles to replace its current heavy vehicle fleet.
Italian heavy and defence motor vehicle company, Iveco, announced on Wednesday its decision to sell off its defence vehicles business to Italian defence company Leonardo and the rest of its business, which includes trucking, to India’s Tata Motors. While the deal with Leonardo is valued at €1.7 billion, the transaction with Tata Motors amounts to €3.8 billion.
Offering the latest look at the form of the future next generation fighter, the model of the flying demonstrator for the next generation Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) combat aircraft was published on Thursday, with the demonstrator expected to be ready for flight by the end of 2027, becoming the first such aircraft developed in the UK in the last 40 years.
Italy’s Leonardo, British BAE Systems and the Japan Aircraft Industrial Enhancement Co. Ltd. have set up Edgewing for the design and development of their next generation combat aircraft under the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).
Italy’s Leonardo and Turkey’s Baykar are equal partners in LBA Systems, with Baykar to focus on design and development of advanced unmanned platforms and Leonardo to provide electronic systems, payloads, and implement Manned-Unmanned Teaming and swarming capabilities.
