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Artemis II, towards the Moon with Leonardo

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:26:00 GMT

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02.04.2026

Artemis II, towards the Moon with Leonardo

From power systems to tracking activities, the technologies of Leonardo and its joint ventures are playing a key role in NASA's Artemis II mission, which will return humans to lunar orbit after more than 50 years and contribute to the development of a new space economy.

Kick-off for the seventh edition of Leonardo and Telespazio's #T-TeC Technology Contest

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:00:00 GMT

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17.12.2025

Kick-off for the seventh edition of Leonardo and Telespazio's #T-TeC Technology Contest

The #T-TeC Technology Contest, an open innovation contest promoted by Leonardo and Telespazio, is open to students, researchers and PhD candidates from universities all over the world. The seventh edition was presented with a ceremony during the New Space Economy Expo Forum (NSE) at the Fiera di Roma.

Lunar communication and navigation, strategic agreement between Leonardo, Telespazio and Intuitive Machines

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:41:00 GMT

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11.12.2025

Lunar communication and navigation, strategic agreement between Leonardo, Telespazio and Intuitive Machines

Leonardo, Telespazio and Intuitive Machines have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to develop interoperable infrastructures and provide communications and navigation services in support of lunar exploration.

New frontiers of space innovation in the new issue of POLARIS Innovation Journal

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:30:00 GMT

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18.11.2025

New frontiers of space innovation in the new issue of POLARIS Innovation Journal

The 53^rd issue of POLARIS Innovation Journal is now online, focusing on Space. This edition explores the latest developments and future perspectives of a field increasingly strategic to everyday life: from the search for new habitable spaces and resources to downstream applications such as Earth observation, communications, and geolocation. Topics range from missions to the Moon and Mars to the satellite data that power daily digital services.

Solvers Wanted: 2025 projects on space inspection take off

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 09:54:00 GMT

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09.10.2025

Solvers Wanted: 2025 projects on space inspection take off

The Kick-Off Meetings for the two winning projects of the “New perspectives for space inspection” challenge – launched through Solvers Wanted, Leonardo’s technology scouting platform – took place in September 2025.

National Space Day, Italy is ever more protagonist

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 08:53:00 GMT

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16.12.2024

National Space Day, Italy is ever more protagonist

Today, we celebrate the “Italian Space Day”, which commemorates the date of the launch of the San Marco 1 satellite in 1964, which made Italy the third nation in the world to put its own satellite into orbit. Two articles, written by Fabrizio Morviducci, in the “Quotidiano Nazionale – Nazione – Carlino – Giorno”, are dedicated to the Space technologies of Leonardo, which ten years ago was the protagonist, with its instruments, of another record: the first landing on a comet with the Rosetta mission.

Leonardo and BF allied in high-tech projects

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:21:00 GMT

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29.11.2024

Leonardo and BF allied in high-tech projects

Collaborating on strategic high-tech projects at a global level, aimed at promoting technologically advanced agriculture and fighting climate change. This is the aim of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Leonardo and BF Spa, described in the article by Raoul de Forcade in “Il Sole 24 Ore”.

Satellite constellations for computing and cloud systems

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:26:00 GMT

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21.11.2024

Satellite constellations for computing and cloud systems

A huge amount of data is constantly being generated in Space, and it is important for caring for our Planet and assessing the sustainability of human activities. Having a good computational capacity on board of satellites makes it possible to assemble even complex algorithms. The topic is explored in Leopoldo Benacchio's article in “Il Sole 24 Ore”, with contributions from Simone Ungaro, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at Leonardo, and Massimo Comparini, Managing Director Leonardo Space.

Solvers Wanted, new technology partners for Leonardo

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 08:46:00 GMT

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08.11.2024

Solvers Wanted, new technology partners for Leonardo

Two new “Technological Partners” will join Leonardo Team for Innovation, the network that brings together a group of start-ups selected to build, together with Leonardo, the innovation of the future. MOTUS and STUDIOMAPP are the new entries that won the final of the Looking4Partners technological challenge, within the scouting platform Solvers Wanted.

Galileo, Leonardo's technologies to enable PRS services

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 07:30:00 GMT

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28.10.2024

Galileo, Leonardo's technologies to enable PRS services

The Public Regulated Service is the encrypted navigation service for authorised users and sensitive applications offered by the Galileo system to government agencies and critical infrastructures, to guarantee the integrity of the localisation, navigation, and synchronisation functions. As part of the G2S PRS (Galileo Ground Segment – Public Regulated Service) project, Leonardo has created innovative solutions aimed at providing complete support for the operation of the service.

Roberto Cingolani, “Forward with alliances in Europe”

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 09:55:00 GMT

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21.10.2024

Roberto Cingolani, “Forward with alliances in Europe”

In an interview with 'Corriere della Sera – L’Economia,' conducted by Daniela Polizzi and Francesco Bertolino, Roberto Cingolani, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Leonardo, outlines the Group's strategy to strengthen its industrial alliances. Following the agreement with Rheinmetall for the production of combat vehicles, the company aims to extend these partnerships to the aerospace sector.

For Leonardo alliances in Europe and a strong focus on cyber risk

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 07:54:00 GMT

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09.10.2024

For Leonardo alliances in Europe and a strong focus on cyber risk

Speaking on the opening day of Cybertech Europe 2024, Leonardo CEO and General Manager Roberto Cingolani and Co-General Manager Lorenzo Mariani described the Group's strategy in terms of European alliances and highlighted its growth targets in the cybersecurity sector. This was reported by Gianni Dragoni in “Il Sole 24 Ore”.

Leonardo, the lunar economy is Made in Italy

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 05:47:00 GMT

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07.10.2024

Leonardo, the lunar economy is Made in Italy

Returning to the Moon, opening a new phase of Space exploration and starting new services related to the Space Economy, intensifying the in-orbit activities of satellite constellations: this is the future of the Space sector in which the Italian industry, with Leonardo, Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space, plays a leading role. The article “Leonardo, the lunar economy is Made in Italy”, written by Giovanni Caprara and published in “Corriere della Sera – L’Economia”, is dedicated to this topic.

Space, Leonardo prepares M&A on new technologies

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 07:28:00 GMT

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01.10.2024

Space, Leonardo prepares M&A on new technologies

In the Space sector, European technological capacity is able to have its own sovereignty and independence from China and the United States. This is one of the topics discussed in Raoul de Forcade's article in “Il Sole 24 Ore” that describes the current scenario and Leonardo's objectives also through the words of Massimo Comparini, the new Managing Director of Leonardo's Space Business Unit and Chairman of Thales Alenia Space’s Supervisory Board.

Defence and Space: scarce and fragmented resources

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 06:44:00 GMT

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16.09.2024

Defence and Space: scarce and fragmented resources

The report presented by Mario Draghi highlights the need for radical changes to address Europe's existential challenges, which include the economy, industrial competitiveness, security and strategic positioning. Roberto Cingolani, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Leonardo, states this within the special issue by Gianni Dragoni, dedicated to the perspectives of the Aerospace, Defence and Security sector, published in “Il Sole 24 Ore”.

Towards the new Space frontiers

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:33:00 GMT

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11.09.2024

Towards the new Space frontiers

The eighth episode of the series “Invisible Geniuses”, a podcast by “Corriere della Sera”, addresses the topic of “Space gardens”, which involves the creation of actual “greenhouses” to produce vegetables and food in Space, including for pioneer communities who might establish a permanent base on the Moon. But the idea is not new: already in 1976, in an episode of the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Uncle Scrooge, worried about the cost of tomatoes and potatoes, planned a method to plant them on the Moon. Starting from fantasy, Massimo Sideri’s story is fueled by conversations with Roberto Cingolani, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Leonardo, who illustrates the theme of Space economy and the most advanced technologies, and Franco Malerba, the first Italian astronaut, who tells us what life is like in Space.

Leonardo leading EU Defence

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:42:00 GMT

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18.07.2024

Leonardo leading EU Defence

With the Emissary (European Military Integrated Space Situational Awareness and Recognition capabilitY) and E-CUAS (European Counter Unmanned Aerial System) projects, Leonardo is leading two of the main EU initiatives dedicated to Space and air defence. Marco Leardi's special issue on “Il Giornale” recounts the Group's technological contribution to Space surveillance and the counter-drone field.

Digital in manufacturing. The revolution for competitiveness

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 08:13:00 GMT

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24.06.2024

Digital in manufacturing. The revolution for competitiveness

The power of a country is measured by its supercomputing, storage and cloud capacity, and their integration with manufacturing is crucial for its development. These are the words of Leonardo’s CEO Roberto Cingolani in an interview with Nicola Saldutti on Corriere della Sera’s “L'Innovazione”.

Leonardo's technologies in space on board the EarthCARE mission

Wed, 29 May 2024 07:00:00 GMT

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29.05.2024

Leonardo's technologies in space on board the EarthCARE mission

Better understanding the relationship between clouds, aerosols, and radiation and their combined effects on the Earth and climate systems. This is the aim of EarthCARE, a mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA), whose launch took place from Vandenberg Air Force Base (California) at 00:20 CEST (28 May, 15:20 local time) on 29 May. Leonardo provided its technological contribution to the mission, also thanks to the support of the Italian Space Agency (ASI).

C-SOC, ESA’s Security Operation Centre to strengthen the cyber security of European space systems was presented

Tue, 28 May 2024 08:00:00 GMT

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28.05.2024

C-SOC, ESA’s Security Operation Centre to strengthen the cyber security of European space systems was presented

Protecting assets and operations of ESA and other ESA Member States’ Space stakeholders from emerging cyber threats in the Space Domain, monitoring and managing the vulnerabilities, reinforcing the cyber protection of Ground and Space assets, and enhancing the security of ESA member states and partners. These are the goals of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Cyber-Security Operations Centre (C-SOC), which sees Leonardo as prime contractor leading a team of nineteen European companies to build the centre, a key infrastructure for Europe's economy and security.