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Selex ES was a subsidiary of Finmeccanica, [2] active in the electronics and information technology business, based in Italy and the UK, and formed in January 2013, following Finmeccanica's decision to combine its existing SELEX Elsag and SELEX Sistemi Integrati businesses into SELEX Galileo, the immediate predecessor of Selex ES. [3]
Leonardo S.p.A., formerly Leonardo-Finmeccanica and originally Finmeccanica, is an Italian multinational company specialising in aerospace, defence and security. Headquartered in Rome, Italy, the company has 180 sites worldwide. [4] It is the 12th largest defence contractor in the world based on 2020 revenues. [5]
In 2005 Finmeccanica acquired BAE Systems' interests in the Italian operations of Alenia Marconi Systems, together with BAE Systems' UK-based Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Air Traffic Control (ATC) (former Air Traffic Management and Airport Systems Division) and the USA (former ASI Inc.), and SELEX Sistemi Integrati was established as a ...
In 2012, former United States Deputy Secretary of Defense, William J. Lynn III was appointed CEO of Finmeccanica North America DRS, replacing Mark Newman, who held the position since 1994. [ 2 ] In June 2022 the US subsidiary of the Italian defense conglomerate Leonardo , Leonardo DRS, agreed to an all share acquisition of the US subsidiary of ...
AgustaWestland was an Anglo-Italian helicopter design and manufacturing company, [2] which was a wholly owned subsidiary of Finmeccanica (now known as Leonardo). [3] It was formed in July 2000 as an Anglo-Italian [4] multinational company, when Finmeccanica and GKN merged their respective helicopter subsidiaries (Agusta and Westland Helicopters) to form AgustaWestland, [5] with each holding a ...
The Falco (English: hawk) is a tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed and produced by Selex ES (now Leonardo formerly Leonardo-Finmeccanica and Finmeccanica, originally by Galileo Avionica of Italy).
Finmeccanica dismissed Borgogni's charges as part of a personal vendetta against Orsi for having compelled his resignation. Finmeccanica said Borgogni had admitted receiving millions of euros in "consultancy" fees from suppliers in a "clear breach of Finmeccanica's code of ethics" and that it was considering taking legal action against him.
In 2016, Moretti also proposed to change the company name from Finmeccanica to Leonardo SpA, [7] a name inspired by the Italian scientist Leonardo da Vinci. [ 8 ] On 30 January 2017, Moretti was convicted by an Italian court for his alleged role in a train crash in 2009, in which a freight train carrying liquefied gas derailed and caught fire ...