- Headquarters
- Rome, Italy · Europe
- Value chain
- Systems integration(Systems & services); also Hardware & devices
- What that means
- Joins products into systems and delivers programmes: defence and aerospace primes, system integrators, EPC contractors.
- Founded
- 1948
- Staff
- 60,000 (2024)
- Ownership
- Listed
- Listing
- BIT:LDO on Google Finance
- Website
- leonardo.com
- Relevance
- Very high at its strongest, in Precision Timing & Atomic Clocks
Rome, ItalyIn 9 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
- Precision Timing & Atomic ClocksVery high
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #3 of 50
Leonardo's Nerviano site builds the passive hydrogen masers and rubidium atomic frequency standards flown on every Galileo satellite.
Relevance: Builds the passive hydrogen masers and rubidium clocks flown on Galileo
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Design · listed #6 of 50
Builds the ECRS Mk2 and Captor-E radars for Eurofighter, Kronos naval and land AESA radars and Seaspray/Osprey airborne surveillance radars.
Relevance: Major European airborne and surveillance radar maker
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #15 of 50
Leonardo makes cooled infrared detectors (Leonardo UK in Southampton), EO/IR systems (Leonardo DRS) and space optical instruments, including hyperspectral payloads for PRISMA.
Relevance: Major cooled infrared detector and EO system maker
- Acoustic & Undersea SensingModerate
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Design · listed #14 of 50
Its Underwater Armaments & Systems unit (ex-WASS) supplies ASW suites, torpedo countermeasures and acoustic sensors, including the UAE Navy ASW suite.
Relevance: Underwater systems and torpedo sonars
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies · Manufacture · listed #19 of 50
Produces SWave software-defined tactical radios and the ESSOR-based networking waveforms used by Italian and European forces.
Relevance: European tactical radio and waveform supplier
Space Technologies · Manufacture · listed #22 of 50
Owns 33% of Thales Alenia Space and 67% of Telespazio, makes satellite equipment (star trackers, solar panels, atomic clocks) and is building Italy's military Earth-observation constellation.
Relevance: Stakes in Thales Alenia and Telespazio; subsystem supplier
- Quantum Sensing & MetrologyModerate
Quantum Technologies · Manufacture · listed #23 of 50
Leonardo builds the passive hydrogen maser atomic clocks that serve as primary clocks on Galileo satellites, and runs a quantum technologies programme.
Relevance: Galileo passive hydrogen maser maker
- Directed Energy TechnologiesModerate
Energy Technologies · Design · listed #26 of 50
A DragonFire consortium partner that supplies the beam director, and its US arm Leonardo DRS integrates directed energy on Army platforms.
Relevance: DragonFire partner and beam director supplier.
- Uncrewed & Collaborative SystemsModerate
Robotics & Autonomous Systems · Integration · listed #32 of 50
Produces the Falco Xplorer MALE UAV and the AWHero uncrewed helicopter, and works on GCAP uncrewed teaming.
Relevance: Falco UAV and AWHero uncrewed helicopter