A strategic asset for Italy’s growth
A strategic asset for Italy’s growth
With over 31,000 employees in Italy and 70 facilities, 38 of which are manufacturing plants, we are present in 15 Italian regions, with a particularly high industrial concentration in Lombardy, Lazio, Campania, Piedmonte, Puglia, Liguria and Tuscany.
Our activities
Helicopters
We have been building helicopters since the 1950s and today we have the most comprehensive range for commercial, utility, security and defence applications. We are the world’s leading manufacturer of civil helicopters, and we cover all the main weight categories, from the 1.8-tonne single-engine to the 16-tonne three-engine. In addition to managing the entire life cycle of a helicopter system, our Academy provides full training courses in Italy in a dedicated facility.
Electronics
Our skills in information management and the advanced technologies of our sensors allow us to play a prominent role in Italy in the areas of command and control and mission systems as well as in the development of net-centric and digitised networks. Leaders in the field of electronically scanned multifunction radar, airborne IRST sensors, in IFF systems for land, sea and airborne applications and in software-defined communication, the systems developed in Italy are integrated in over 2,500 platforms for more than 50 customers around the world.
Aircraft
At our Italian plants we design, develop and manufacture training, defence and tactical transport aircraft, multi-role aircraft for special missions, participating in some of the most advanced international programmes. We also offer logistics support and a fully integrated training system from ground based training to basic and advanced training. In Italy we produce aerostructures for important European and North American aeronautical programmes and we are leaders in the machining of large structural components in composite materials, including the “one piece barrel” fuselage section.
Cyber & Security
We are a key player in the security arena, developing services and solutions to protect and respond to the most advanced and persistent cyber-attacks. At our Chieti site, our Security Operations Centre operates around the clock and boasts one of the most powerful supercomputers. We provide fixed and mobile control rooms, sensors, interoperable professional communications networks for urban security, critical infrastructure and major events protection, disaster relief and emergency management.
Space
We are a top player in Space with a long and consolidated history dating back to the sixties. We design and develop a complete range of solutions in our Italian facilities, ranging from the manufacture of satellites and orbiting structures to the development and management of ground systems, satellite operations and services and the production of a wide range of high-tech instruments, subsystems and sensors. Space related productions made in Italy are present in all the most important programmes promoted by international institutions and agencies.