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On Time to Talk Day 2024, Leonardo’s Mark Fair, who is Head of Solution Development in Yeovil, emphasises the power of talking – in the context of mental health – both for his own wellbeing, and to raise awareness and provide support to others.
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has placed a new contract through the Aurora Engineering Delivery Partnership (EDP) for a programme targeted to improve the survivability and protection of Land Armoured Vehicles in the British Army. The programme which will Leonardo lead a team of major defence companies under the name of Team Minerva, is the successor to the Leonardo-led Icarus Technology Demonstrator Programme (TDP), which was concluded in July 2021. The new contract represents the second development phase of the UK Modular Integrated Protection System (MIPS) programme for the development of a new pan-fleet active protection system architecture for British Army vehicles, including tanks and armoured personnel carriers, to handle existing, new and future threats.
The DragonFire laser directed energy weapon (LDEW) system has achieved the UK’s first high-power firing of a laser weapon against aerial targets during a trial at the MOD Hebrides Range. The latest trial, delivered by Dstl and the DragonFire partners – MBDA, Leonardo and QinetiQ – builds on a series of highly successful trials, including the first static high-power laser firing of a sovereign UK capability and demonstration of the DragonFire system’s ability to track moving air and sea targets with very high accuracy at long range.
The next generation radar which will be used by RAF Typhoon pilots of the future has been fitted to an aircraft ahead of flight trials. The European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mark 2 radar is being developed by Leonardo and integrated onto Typhoon by BAE Systems. It features an innovative multi-functional array (MFA) that can perform both traditional radar functions such as search and targeting, as well as electronic warfare tasks. A prototype of the radar has been undergoing ground-based testing in a unique test facility at BAE Systems’ site in Warton, Lancashire in recent months before being fitted on to BS116, a UK test and evaluation aircraft, by BAE Systems and Leonardo UK engineers.
15 January saw the start of a ten-day sustainability sprint by staff across Leonardo UK’s eight sites, as part of a challenge to raise awareness and maximise our impact for people and the planet. Couch to Carbon Zero is a quick, practical and smart campaign that provides participants with very practical and inspirational guidance to empower them to create positive change. Each day, employees will receive a short update containing practical information and tools to help take positive action in the moment and start reducing their carbon footprint.
Throughout December, we took a daily look back over the past 12 months at Leonardo in the UK, linking to each month's highlights and achievements. Discover more about Leonardo in the UK.
On 14 December, Leonardo’s Simon Tutcher was awarded the Sir Ralph Robins Medal Award at this year’s Royal Aeronautical Society’s Honours, Medals and Awards ceremony in London. Learn more....
Following the announcement of the international Treaty between UK, Japan and Italy for a future combat air programme, the industry champions for defence electronics from the UK, Italy and Japan (Leonardo UK, Mitsubishi Electric, and both Leonardo and ELT Group), welcomed the Convention on the Establishment of the “Global Combat Air Programme - GCAP International Government Organisation (the GIGO)” by their respective nations.
Leonardo UK’s Director of Digital, Gareth Hetheridge, a former RAF pilot, recounts his amazing career journey from his early days in the Air Force, to pioneering digital transformation in the defence industry.
On International Volunteer Day, we take the opportunity to celebrate and thank our people who dedicate their precious time and efforts volunteering for a diverse range of important causes.
