Leonardo

Nuclear Weapon Producers

Leonardo is connected to the production of nuclear armed missiles for the French arsenal.

Nuclear Weapons |  Investments (years compared) (2021) (2020)

Company Profile

Leonardo, based in Italy, develops products and services in the fields of aerospace, military and security.1 Leonardo has a 25% stake in the MBDA joint venture, which produces missiles for the French nuclear arsenal.2 In the financial year ending 31 December 2021, Leonardo generated revenues of €14.1 billion.3

Stock exchange listing

ISIN: IT0003856405

BIT: LDO

Contact information

Leonardo SpA
Registered Head Office:
Piazza Monte Grappa n. 4, 00195 Roma
+39 06.324731
Website: https://www.leonardocompany.com/
FlickR: https://www.flickr.com/photos/leonardocompany
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leonardo_company/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/leonardo_company
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Leonardo_live
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LeonardoCompany

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Nuclear weapons

MBDA, in which Leonardo has a 25% stake, is the prime contractor for ASMPA nuclear missiles for the French arsenal.4 MBDA is also involved in developing the new ASN4G replacement for the ASMPA. The new weapon is scheduled to enter service in 2035 with range exceeding 1,000km, double that of the ASMPA. The French Directorate General for Armaments indicated that the ASN4G will be a hypersonic missile.5

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Investments

Investments compared

Click on the institution to see if and how they've invested in the past. Red indicates a new investor in 2021. Green indicates investors that ended their involvement by 2021.

2022 Investments

2022

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2021 Investments

2021

43 Financial institutions made $8,108 million available in the research period January 2019- January 2021.

All forms of financing meeting the definition of substantive financial relationships are included in the report. This comprises financial institutions participating in loans and underwriting deals since 1 January 2019, as well as those involved in loans which have been closed before that date but have not yet matured before 1 October 2020. For (managing) investments in shares or bonds of arms companies, a group-level threshold of at least 0.5% of the outstanding shares or bonds at most recent filing dates is applied per financial institution.

2020 Investments

2020

35 Financial institutions made $7,035.1 million available in the research period January 2018-2020.

This comprises financial institutions participating in loans and underwriting deals since 1 January 2018, as well as those involved in loans which have been closed before that date but have not yet matured before 1 October 2019. For (managing) investments in shares or bonds of arms companies, a group-level threshold of at least 0.5% of the outstanding shares or bonds at most recent filing dates is applied per financial institution.

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Last updated: 2023-07-06 14:52:20

Notes

  1. Profile (2022) | Leonardo. Available at: https://www.leonardocompany.com/en/about-us/profile.
  2. Succès du tir de qualification du missile air-sol moyenne portée amélioré (ASMPA) rénové, sans charge militaire. Direction Générale de l’armement – Ministère des Armées (2022).  Available at: https://www.defense.gouv.fr/dga/actualites/succes-du-tir-qualification-du-missile-air-sol-moyenne-portee-ameliore-asmpa-renove-charge; About Us (2022) | MBDA Systems. Available at: https://www.mbda-systems.com/about-us/.
  3. ‘Integrated Annual Report 2021’, Leonardo (2022), p. 165. Available at:  https://www.leonardo.com/documents/15646808/16736384/Integrated+annual+report+2021.pdf/237514d8-e171-3e2f-c57d-c297f62c7320?t=1649761893131.
  4. ASMPA (2022) | MBDA. Available at: https://www.mbda-systems.com/product/asmpa/.
  5. ‘MBDA opens data centre in France for missile development’, AIRFORCE TECHNOLOGY, 5 April 2019. Available at: https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/mbda-data-centre-france-missiles/.