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Leonardo
Italian aerospace, defense, and security multinational.
Leonardo is an Italian aerospace, defense, and security multinational, a major recipient of European Defence Fund awards including the €65M AURIGA ground-combat command project.
Overview
- Headquarters
- Rome, Italy
- Founded
- 1948
- Employees
- Undisclosed
- Total funding
- Public
- Stage
- Public
- Status
- public
- Domains
- Aerospace, Defense, Security
Founders0
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Investors0
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Cap table1
Approximate ownership by holder. Indexed holders link to their records.
Percentages marked ~ are not disclosed. Some are a generic VC-pattern model (founders/team weighted heaviest, option pool lightest, other holders evenly) sized to whatever's left undisclosed — a standard industry shape, not this company's actual cap table.
| Holder | Instrument | Ownership |
|---|---|---|
Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze (MEF) | Ordinary shares | ~100.0% |
Contracts11
- ContractNew Medium Helicopter (AW149)Leonardo GBP1B contract for 23 AW149 helicopters under the UK's New Medium Helicopter program, built at Yeovil.
- ContractGCAP Edgewing Phase 2Leonardo (via the Edgewing JV with BAE Systems and JAIEC) awarded an 18-month, GBP4.6B GCAP next-generation fighter development phase.
- ContractCombat Management System HardwareLeonardo DRS awarded $41M NAVSEA contract for combat management system hardware for U.S. and allied navies.
- ContractNATO Special Operations Forces Command Deployable HQsThales-Leonardo consortium awarded NATO contract for 6 deployable HQs for Special Operations Forces Command, July 2026.
- ContractAURIGA (ArmoURed Infantry Ground Assault)Leonardo leads the AURIGA future infantry-fighting-vehicle/ground-combat-command project under the European Defence Fund; exact EU contribution figure disputed across sources.
- ContractMDA SHIELD IDIQLeonardo Electronics US and Leonardo DRS both selected for the MDA SHIELD IDIQ, February 2026; individual award value undisclosed.
- ContractNavy Hardware IDIQ (DRS Laurel Technologies)Leonardo DRS (Laurel Technologies) awarded $417.2M, 5-year US Navy hardware IDIQ, April 2025.
- ContractNext-Gen Thermal Weapon SightsLeonardo DRS awarded $117M US Army contract for continued production of next-generation FWS-I thermal weapon sights, September 2024.
- ContractAN/SPQ-9B Radar ProductionLeonardo DRS awarded ~$236M total US Navy contract for AN/SPQ-9B radar production, through 2030.
- ContractAl Dorra-Class Combat Systems (8 Vessels)Leonardo awarded EUR320M contract for Al Dorra-class combat systems (8 vessels) for Kuwait, via Abu Dhabi Ship Building.
- ContractBradley IBAS Engineering Services$55.7M sole-source Army contract to DRS Network and Imaging Systems for Bradley Fighting Vehicle IBAS engineering services.
Programs2
- ProgramProject FREYJA10-nation European coalition building a layered ballistic-missile-defense architecture.
- ProgramGlobal Combat Air ProgrammeTrinational UK/Italy/Japan program to develop a sixth-generation stealth fighter, merging the UK/Italy Tempest program with Japan's F-X; industrial joint venture 'Edgewing'; Canada joined as observer nation in July 2026.
Frequently asked
- What does Leonardo do?
- Leonardo is an Italian aerospace, defense, and security multinational, a major recipient of European Defence Fund awards including the €65M AURIGA ground-combat command project.
- Where is Leonardo headquartered?
- Leonardo is headquartered in Rome, Italy and was founded in 1948.
- What does Leonardo specialize in?
- Leonardo works across Aerospace, Defense, Security.
- Does Leonardo hold government contracts?
- Defense Tech Atlas links Leonardo to 11 government contracts and 2 programs.
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