leonardo News

Air

Italy’s Future Helicopter AW249 Flies in Combat Livery

27 Mar, 14:55
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The Leonardo AW249, prototype attack helicopter, made its first flight in combat olive whitewashed livery in March 2023 at the manufacturing facility in Italy.

Air Modernisation

Leonardo to Develop Upgrade Package for C-27J Aircraft

08 Mar, 14:08
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Leonardo and the Air Force Armament and Airworthiness Directorate of the Defence Ministry signed a contract to upgrade the Air Force's C-27J Spartan fleet.

Air

Leonardo to Produce Additional AW169M LUH

19 Jan, 13:15
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Leonardo seals AW169M LUH Contract for Austria, expanding helicopter fleet. Italian Defence and Armaments Directorate ink deal.

Air

First AW169 for Austria

25 Dec, 18:46
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Austria has taken delivery of the first AW169 helicopter. The procurement process is carried out under G2G agreement between Italy and Austria.

Air

Leonardo awarded a €690 million contract for the AW101/CH-149

25 Dec, 14:47
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The Canadian Department of National Defence has awarded Leonardo a €690 million contract for the AW101/CH-149 "Cormorant" Mid-Life Upgrade (CMLU) Project.

Air

Leonardo Completed the M-346 Trainer Delivery to Poland

16 Dec, 20:45
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Leonardo has delivered the last batch of four M-346 Master aircraft to the Polish Air Force as the successor to the legendary TS-11 Iskra trainer aircraft.

Weapon / Missile

Second Tests of Dragonfire LDEW

09 Nov, 21:51
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UK works with MBDA, Leonardo, QinetiQ and Dstl on sovereign laser-directed energy weapon (LDEW) capability. The Kingdom tested LDEW for the second time.

Navy / Maritime Ammunition Weapon / Missile Expo and Air Show

Leonardo Provides Marlin 40 Naval Defence System to Indonesia

04 Nov, 13:34
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Indonesia signed a contract with Leonardo to acquire the ILOS variant of the 40mm turret to equip PC60 Fast Patrol Boats (FAB) and Tank Landing Ship vessels.

Navy / Maritime Air

Fifth P-72 for Turkish Navy

21 Oct, 15:43
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Turkish Navy has taken delivery of the fifth P-72 maritime patrol aircraft in Phase III of the Meltem Project. SSB announced the delivery.

Navy / Maritime Sensors Expo and Air Show

Leonardo Launches its New DSS-IRST System at Euronaval

20 Oct, 12:14
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Leonardo launched the Distributed Static Staring-InfraRed Search and Tracking System(DSS-IRST) that protects naval assets from multiple threats.

Navy / Maritime Air Unmanned Systems

Malaysia selects TUSAŞ’s Anka UAV as Expected

10 Oct, 20:57
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Malaysian Defence Minister Hussein announced that the government had selected the Leonardo ATR72 MPA and the TUSAŞ Anka-S to meet the RMAF requirements.

Air

Kuwait has received six of the 28 Eurofighters ordered

30 Sep, 16:05
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Kuwait's received two more Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3 jets, the third batch out of a total of 28 aircraft ordered, according to KUNA.

Air

Leonardo and Boeing Deliver Four MH-139A to the USAF

26 Aug, 15:12
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USAF receives the first four MH-139A Gray Wolf test helicopters from Leonardo and Boeing as the service looks to replace its ageing UH-1N helicopters.

Air

AW249 Attack Performed its Maiden Flight

24 Aug, 19:28
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Italian Leonardo’s attack helicopter development project AW249, which will incorporate stealth technologies, performed its maiden flight.

Sensors Expo and Air Show

Greece to Deploy Leonardo’s Kronos Grand Radar to Crete

26 Jul, 05:08
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Leonardo announced that Greece had chosen the Kronos Grand Radar for the Crete Shooting Range (PBK) and the NATO NAMFI (NATO Missile Fire Installation).