A Leonardo subsidiary has won a potential $648.1M contract to build up to 130 helicopter trainers designed to replace the U.S. Navy's TH-57 Sea Ranger platform. AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corp. will initially manufacture and deliver 32 TH-73A aircraft under the contract base period, valued at $176.5M, the service branch said Monday.

The U.S. government has selected Leonardo DRS to develop an active protection system and components for Abrams main battle tanks, the National Advanced Mobility Consortium announced Wednesday.

Leonardo has made an investment in unmanned aircraft technology startup Skydweller Aero in a move to accelerate the deployment of the latter’s solar-powered drone platform.

Leonardo DRS will continue to manufacture infrared weapon sighting technology for helmet-mounted vision systems under a $89M follow-on delivery order from the U.S. Army.

A CAE (NYSE: CAE) subsidiary and Leonardo have signed a memorandum of agreement to provide helicopter training platforms and services for U.S. government and foreign military sales clients.

A Leonardo DRS subsidiary has secured a potential seven-year, $830.7M contract from the U.S. Navy to design, produce and install workstations, processors and network systems for service branch and the governments of the U.K. and Australia.

Leonardo's training helicopter offering for the U.S. Navy has received supplemental type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration under instrument flight rules. TH-119 is based on the AW119 single-engine helicopter and designed to operate in low visibility and extreme weather conditions, the company said Thursday.

European conglomerates Leonardo and Thales are considering a joint bid to buy Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) subsidiary that develops technology for space and terrestrial applications, Reuters reported Tuesday. Leonardo CEO Alessandro Profumo cited satellite antenna technology as a technology area of interest in MDA.

Leonardo DRS has received a contract from the U.S. Army to integrate and demonstrate an on-board vehicle power technology for a family of medium tactical vehicles with the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system. The Army and MDA plan to test the potential of OBVP technology to deliver electrical energy to THAAD FMTV demonstrators, the company said Friday.

A Leonardo DRS subsidiary has won a potential eight-year, $977M blanket purchase agreement to help the U.S. Special Operations Command manage a satellite and terrestrial telecommunications program for deployed operations. The Defense Information Systems Agency received one quotation out of 39 quotes sought via the General Services Administration’s Information Technology Schedule …