Is Leonardo an Israeli company?
An Italian weapons manufacturer that provides the Israeli Navy with warship guns. Leonardo SpA is Italy’s largest, and the world’s 11th largest, weapons manufacturer. Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance owns 30% of the company. Leonardo is the supplier of the Israeli Air Force’s M-346 and AW119Kx training aircraft. In 2012, the Israeli Ministry of Defense purchased 30 M-346 aircraft worth USD 2 billion.Leonardo is one of the UK’s leading aerospace companies and one of biggest suppliers of defence and security equipment to the UK MOD, and makes a significant contribution to the UK economy with revenues of over £2.
What aircraft does Leonardo make?
A century of experience in aeronautical manufacturing, combined with advanced capabilities for system development and integration, allow Leonardo to take a leading position in programmes ranging from the AMX to the Tornado, the Eurofighter Typhoon to the F-35 – and to develop proprietary products such as the M-346 . Leonardo’s land and naval defence systems, based on advanced technologies and engineering, enable a rapid, accurate response to multi-domain threats. High precision guided or unguided programmable munitions can detect, classify and engage targets across the entire threat spectrum.