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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The Italian delegation’s program includes a 15 April intervention by Leonardo’s Managing Director of the Space Division.
The 12 companies in the Italy pavilion are Connex Italiana, Cospal Composites, Impulso Space, IngeniArs, Kayser Space, Leonardo, MetaSensing, Nurjana Technologies, Officina Stellare, Optec, T4i – Technology for Propulsion and Innovation, and Zoppas Industries.
Leonardo has been active in Argentina’s space sector for more than thirty years through Telespazio Argentina.
LUMIO carries the Lumio-Cam optical instrument built at Leonardo’s Campi Bisenzio facility.
LUMIO-Cam was developed by Leonardo.
Leonardo built Orion’s photovoltaic panels and power control and distribution units at its Nerviano, Italy, facility.
Leonardo is developing Space Cloud technologies that include space data centers, cloud systems, supercomputers, and artificial intelligence.
Leonardo is developing robotic systems in Nerviano that include drills for excavating the lunar subsurface and robotic arms for handling heavy materials autonomously.
Roberto Cingolani is Leonardo’s Chief Executive Officer and General Manager.
IOD-2 was built by Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture owned 67% by Thales and 33% by Leonardo.
e-GEOS is part of Leonardo.
Roberto Capua of Leonardo linked the integration of space, cloud, artificial intelligence, and quantum technologies to advanced systems for satellite navigation and communications security.
Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo agreed to a megamerger to create a European space company.
The Bromo project foresees the merger of the space divisions of Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo.
Bromo is a European strategic alliance led by Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo to create a large space-sector company in Europe.
Leonardo expects its longer-term plan to turn the company into a global security power player by 2030.
Leonardo projects 14.5% growth in Cyber Division revenue by 2030.
Leonardo’s Space Guardian EO constellation was unveiled in March 2025.
Leonardo is in talks with about 20 countries that have expressed interest in Michelangelo Dome.
Leonardo expects Michelangelo Dome to generate an additional €15B in new business opportunities by 2035.