Leonardo has officially opened a new airborne systems facility in L’Aquila, Italy. The new facility will be home to the company’s advanced technology including Mode-5 identification friend/foe (IFF) systems and airborne communications equipment. L’Aquila, the capital of Italy’s Abruzzo region, is home to a number of Defence related operations including Thales Alenia ...
CAE, the Canada-headquartered global leader in training for the civil aviation, defence and security markets has announced it has been awarded defence contracts on a range of platforms valued at more than C$175 million to provide simulation products, training services and in-service support for global military customers. The contracts, awarded during ...
Global technology business Rockwell Collins is celebrating 40 years since the business received the world’s first Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite signal. Rockwell Collins engineer David Van Dusseldorp received a signal from the world’s first GPS satellite known as NTS-2 in 1977. GPS has gone on to be the standard of navigation ...
Minister for Defence Procurement Harriett Baldwin has announced that work on the AW159 Wildcat helicopter produced by Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil will continue in the UK. The possibility of relocating the fabrication work for future AW159 helicopter orders overseas had been considered but following analysis from the MoD, Leonardo Helicopters has confirmed ...
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