Tag: Roberto Cingolani

KNDS and Leonardo to Jointly Develop Mobile Artillery

Depiction of 155 mm/L52 main gun Artillery Gun Module (AGM) on truck (wheeled AGM) | Image: KNDS

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, Baykar partner in new drone company

The LBA Systems exhibit at the Paris Air Show 2025 | Photo: Leonardo

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.