Future Surface Fleet 2020

Leonardo participated in the Future Surface Fleet virtual conference and exhibition (3-4 June 2020), supported by the Royal Navy and partnered with DE&S. The event focussed on the changes in the operational environment and naval platforms that are reaching end of life, and how nations are now looking to either update their fleets or to design and build new vessels to meet an ever-changing threat and to meet the new demands of the 21st century. Leonardo boasts a rich heritage in delivering the capability that keeps a watchful eye on the UK coastline, protects UK interests home and overseas, and ensures mission effectiveness of naval operations around the world. Discover more by scrolling down.

Force Protection: AW159 Multi-Role Helicopter

Force Protection: AW159 Multi-Role Helicopter

The AW159 is the new twin-engine multi-mission military helicopter capable of autonomous detection, identification and attack of Land and Naval targets. The high-performance platform has state-of-the-art avionics and mission systems for excellent crew situational awareness. A complete suite of self-protection measures facilitates rapid tactical assessment in any theatre of operations. 

AW159: Carrier Force Protection

Watch this short video to learn more about the AW159 and see it in action.

Mission Critical Capability: AW101

Mission Critical Capability: AW101

The AW101 is the most advanced, versatile and capable multi-role helicopter available today, featuring sophisticated avionics and mission systems, coupled with long range and endurance. It provides operational persistence for all missions.

AW101: The Superior Solution

Watch this short video to learn more about the AW101 and see it in action.

Eye in the Skies: AWHERO

Eye in the Skies: AWHERO

The state-of-the-art unmanned AWHERO is a dual-use platform able to perform civil and military missions day and night, over land and sea. It is the only Rotary Unmanned Air System (RUAS) in its class that has been designed to the same safety design concepts applied to helicopters such as systems redundancy and guarantees high reliability and maintainability, ensuring low operating costs.

Smart IDMS

The Smart Information Dissemination & Management Services (IDMS) software application is a high performance information management tool which automatically optimises data transfers. It offers significant operational benefits, typically saving 80-90% in transfer times and bandwidth usage.

Smart IDMS