An arrest warrant issued by the Italian police has revealed that a hacker working inside Leonardo appeared to have targeted computers with details on aircraft made by the contractor that… Continue reading "Leonardo nEUROn UCAV Data Targeted By Hack"
The Austrian Ministry of Defense has announced that they are planning on ordering 18 Leonardo AW169M helicopters. The cost of the procurement will be 300 million Euros and first delivery… Continue reading "Austrian Armed Forces Procuring AW169M to Replace Aging Alouette Helicopters"
Due to COVID-19, the industry presence at Poland’sMSPO 2020 was sadly greatly reduced. Most large American firms still had a presence, albeit without their PR teams, so most American exhibitors… Continue reading "MSPO 2020 Overview – Industry Exhibitors"
The U.S. Army has awarded 10 contracts to a number of companies worth a total of around $30 million to develop Air-Launched Effects (ALE) technologies for vertical lift aircraft planned… Continue reading "Air-Launched Effects Contracts Awarded by US Army"
Leonardo Helicopters and Britain’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) are scheduled to conduct trials next month of Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) with a British Army AH1 Lynx Wildcat controlling an… Continue reading "UK Manned-Unmanned Teaming for Lynx Wildcat"
Italian multinational aerospace company Leonardo acquired a minority stake in Skydweller, an American-Spanish startup specializing in the development of solar-powered high-altitude pseudo satellites (HAPS), alternatively known as high-altitude airships (HAA).… Continue reading "Leonardo Invests in Solar Powered Drones"
At this year’s Paris Air Show the Italian defense company Leonardo announced it would be entering the Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAV market with their new Falco Xplorer. This… Continue reading "Leonardo offers Falco Xplorer as an export optimized MALE UAV"