Leonardo announced today that its US subsidiary Leonardo DRS and RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. have entered into a definitive agreement to create a newly combined public company. RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: RADA, TASE: RADA) (“RADA”) is a leading provider of advanced software-defined military tactical radars. The company is a …
Read More »Leonardo DRS to Provide 4th Shipset of Advanced Hybrid Electric Drive Technology for USCG Offshore Patrol Cutters
Leonardo DRS Inc., announced today that it has again been awarded a contract by Eastern Shipbuilding Group to provide the Auxiliary Propulsion System for the fourth shipset in the U.S. Coast Guard’s new fleet of Offshore Patrol Cutters. This platform is the first combined diesel electric or diesel propulsion system …
Read More »Leonardo and UK Industry Team Trial New High-tech Protection for Armed Forces Vehicles
Leonardo, leading a cross-UK team of science and technology experts, has successfully trialled a high-tech new protection system approach for Army vehicles such as tanks and armoured personnel carriers. Called MIPS (Modular Integration Protection System), the new approach brings together layers of electronic and physical protection technologies to equip vehicle …
Read More »Leonardo S p A : Italy joins UK development of next-generation Eurofighter Typhoon radar
Italy has joined the UK’s development of the new European Common Radar System Mark 2 (ECRS Mk2) radar for the Eurofighter Typhoon. The first stage of collaboration, to take place this Autumn, will see a team of engineers from Leonardo’s Nerviano, Milan-based radar site join the Mk2 development team at …
Read More »Leonardo DRS to Deliver Additional Maneuver Short Range Air Defense MEP
Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a contract by General Dynamics to provide additional mission equipment packages (MEP) for Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) Increment 1 (M-SHORAD Inc. 1) systems. The contract is valued at $204 million. Under the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, the company …
Read More »Leonardo DRS Link-22 SPC Successfully Completes Nile Block Cycle 9 Interoperability Testing
Leonardo DRS announced today it has successfully completed formal interoperability testing of its Link-22 Signal Processing Controller (SPC) within the NATO Improved Link Eleven (NILE) Link-22 Network. Compliance with this standard allows Leonardo DRS to provide world-class production of the technology and full interoperability with all NATO and allied partners …
Read More »LEONARDO DRS ACQUIRES SMALL-FORM GIMBAL COMPANY
Company Will Combine Advanced Technologies to Address Range of U.S. Government Needs. Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced that it has acquired Ascendant Engineering Solutions (AES), one of the world’s most advanced gimbal producers. AES is a leader in the design, development and manufacturing of high-performance, stabilized, multi-sensor gimbal systems for the …
Read More »Leonardo DRS to Build Next-gen Air Combat Training Systems for Draken Europe
Leonardo DRS announced yesterday that it will provide advanced air combat training systems to Draken Europe in support of Draken’s program to support operational readiness training for the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. The Leonardo DRS Airborne & Intelligence Systems business is partnered with Collins Aerospace to deliver the …
Read More »Leonardo and Tinexta to support the digitisation of national industrial processes with cyber security and digital trust
a leading company in Digital Trust, Cybersecurity, Credit Information & Management and Innovation & Marketing services, and Leonardo S.p.A., the only Italian multinational company dedicated to the management of strategic technologies for security, announce that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on Industry 4.0 and data security …
Read More »Leonardo to provide protection system for Bombardier Global 7500 aircraft selected for Middle Eastern government VVIP use
Leonardo is under contract to provide its Miysis Directed Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) for a Middle Eastern government customer’s new VVIP transport aircraft. Miysis will be installed on a Bombardier Global 7500 aircraft, the first of its type to be selected by a government customer. The Miysis DIRCM will provide complete …
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