Leonardo

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo executives believe their AW09 single-engine helicopter could achieve similar levels of success as the company’s twin-engine AW139.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters is expanding its use of simulation, enabling the company’s engineers to iterate faster and reduce the cost of development.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters is exploring the use of big data collected from operators of its helicopters to better understand its fleets.
Connected Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
European military views on the need for high-speed rotorcraft are in stark contrast to those held in the U.S.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Sierra Nevada Corp.’s new, small fleet of future contractor-owned, contractor-operated surveillance jets is taking shape.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The United Arab Emirates is understood to have gone through with a controversial deal to buy Chinese advanced jet trainers.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. government has approved BAE to integrate the AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System with Leonardo’s Miysis Directed Infrared Countermeasure system.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Fast rotorcraft take shape, electric trainer advances and SAF from methanol.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Both NASA and Europe’s Clean Sky 2 program are racing to meet year-end deadlines for flight demonstrators.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The contract signing confirms the Wichita-based manufacturer will replace the Navy’s T-44 fleet of aircraft.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Tony Osborne
The agreements come just more than a month since the GCAP enterprise was formed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has delivered the first of 18 skidded-landing variant AW169M intermediate-light twin-engine helicopters to the Guardia di Finanza.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The 550th Helicopter Squadron will be activated in February at Malmstrom AFB, with a five-year mission to support MH-139 training and testing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Industrial and governmental joint ventures would allow more national partners to join the program and benefit from volume.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Clive Higgins, who was the company’s director of government affairs, has taken over from Norman Bone.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The system was developed from Leonardo's successful Falco family of tactical UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The cooperation agreement signed in Rome on Dec. 2 covers the supply of 18 Leonardo AW169M helicopters.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Three governments have already approved funding the multibillion-euro development.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The UK Ministry of Defense has confirmed it is looking to procure as many as 44 rotorcraft for its New Medium Helicopter requirement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Titanium parts made for Boeing 787s by a sub-tier vendor and supplied via Leonardo do not conform to Boeing’s design specifications and must be re-worked.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The two companies hinted that new rotary-wing designs could emerge from the partnership.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A Boeing 757-derived flying testbed being developed to support Tempest FCAS, will also be made available for other flight-tests.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Italy has joined with the UK to develop the Radar 2 version of the Eurofighter’s AESA radar.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo is taking a 25% stake in German defense electronics company Hensoldt in a €600 million ($650 million) transaction.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare