Leonardo S.p.A.
Leonardo S.p.A. (LDO.MI) is a publicly traded Established Primes company founded in 1948 and based in Rome, Italy.
Leonardo was founded in 1948 as Finmeccanica, the engineering holding company of Italy's state-owned IRI, and took the Leonardo name on Jan. 1, 2017. It is headquartered in Rome, and Italy's Ministry of Economy and Finance held 30.2% of its shares as of March 2025. Leonardo builds helicopters, defense electronics, aircraft, aerostructures and cybersecurity systems, and it holds 25% of missile maker MBDA, 72.3% of Leonardo DRS, 67% of Telespazio and 33% of Thales Alenia Space. It earns revenue from platforms, systems and support sold to governments, armed forces and civil operators, and it employs more than 62,000 people. On March 18, 2026 it closed its purchase of Iveco Group's defense business for about €1.6 billion. In the six months to June 30, 2026 new orders rose 44.6% to €16.3 billion, revenues reached €10.0 billion and the order backlog grew to about €59 billion. Leonardo trades on Borsa Italiana under the ticker LDO.
Leonardo co-owns MBDA and is one of three prime industrial partners, with BAE Systems and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, in the Global Combat Air Programme. On July 30, 2026 it raised its full-year 2026 order guidance to about €28.2 billion on a backlog of about €59 billion. Its Michelangelo Dome program networks sensors, interceptors and command systems into one air and missile defense system, with NATO trials planned from 2027. Lorenzo Mariani succeeded Roberto Cingolani as CEO in 2026.
At a glance
Total raised
Undisclosed
Headcount
10k+
Headquarters
Rome
ItalyFounded
1948
Status
Public
Subsector
Defense, ranked
Top 25 Defense companies →Funding history
Total raised
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Rounds tracked
0
No dated funding rounds on file. This company is privately held and may be raising or operating on undisclosed capital.