Leonardo S.p.A. is an Italian multinational company specializing in aerospace, defense, and security, playing a prominent role in major international strategic programs. The company operates across the entire value chain of the space industry, from manufacturing satellites and infrastructure to producing high-tech equipment and sensors. Leonardo's activities include design and development of space systems, management of launch services, satellite control, earth observation services, and integrated communications, with key partnerships through the Space Alliance with Thales. They are a trusted technological partner of governments, defense agencies, and institutions, with products used on missions like Rosetta, Exomars, Galileo, and Copernicus, serving customers like NASA and ESA.
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Leonardo has contributed to supply-chain investments, especially when they are intended to increase capacity.
Leonardo warns that foreign investment funds entering Italian aerospace and defense can reflect a weakness in the Italian industrial base.
Leonardo wants to expand its Thales joint venture by adding Airbus as a third partner.
Telespazio Iberica is a subsidiary of Leonardo.
Leonardo wants the expanded space joint venture to become a more European industrial group that can compete across Europe and globally.
Leonardo DiCaprio is an investor in NUVIEW.
Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales will own 35%, 32.5%, and 32.5% of Project Bromo, respectively.
La nueva compañía de Proyecto Bromo nacerá de la unión de las divisiones satelitales de Airbus, Thales y Leonardo.
Proyecto Bromo es una fusión de los negocios espaciales de Airbus, Thales y Leonardo que se espera que esté operativa en 2027.
Airbus, Leonardo y Thales poseerán el 35%, el 32,5% y el 32,5% de la nueva compañía de Proyecto Bromo, respectivamente.
Project Bromo is a planned merger of the space businesses of Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo that is expected to be operational in 2027.
Leonardo will supply the star trackers for Sentinel-1 Next Generation.
Leonardo was awarded the other robotic spacecraft, named Scope.
Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture between Thales and Leonardo.
Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture between Thales, which owns 67%, and Leonardo, which owns 33%.
Leonardo UK plans to increase its headcount in expectation of greater defense spending.
Project Bromo is a proposed €6.5 billion merger of the space divisions of Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales.
DFP-B2 contains a sensor developed by Leonardo with support from the Italian Space Agency and scientific responsibility from the National Institute for Astrophysics.
Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo are merging their satellite businesses to create a unified European aerospace company.
Telespazio, a Leonardo Group company, has hosted LarioSpace since 2024.