Leonardo S.P.A.

Leonardo S.P.A. Aircraft Division, doing business as Leonardo SPA Divisione Velivoli, operates as the Italian multinational aerospace and defense company's aircraft sustainment and component supply arm, delivering C-27J and HC-27J aircraft spare parts, repairs, maintenance services, and field service representative support to the U.S. Coast Guard as a prime contractor on full-and-open federal procurements with no small business set-asides. The company is foreign-owned, headquartered in Rome, Italy (Piazza Monte Grappa, 4, 00195 Roma RM), and competes without SBA designations across its federal footprint.

Leonardo's federal customer base concentrates heavily on the Coast Guard, which accounts for 870 of 1,075 total awards (81% of award count) and $352.4 million of $638.9 million combined potential value across prime and subcontract work. The second- and third-largest customers are the United States Special Operations Command (43 awards, $171.8 million) and the Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center (8 awards, $93.4 million), with the Department of the Army Aviation and Missile Command (4 awards, $20.3 million) representing the only other material customer. Coast Guard work splits across spare parts procurement, component repair services, and field service representative (FSR) sustainment for the C-27J and HC-27J fleets. A $7.65 million definitive contract with Army Aviation and Missile Command (awarded April 17, 2026) for a SEARCHLIGHT (NSN 6230-01-653-9052) component supporting UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter sustainment represents Leonardo's primary non-Coast Guard prime work.

Leonardo holds two active Coast Guard single-award indefinite-delivery contracts. The C-27J Field Service Representative and technical support IDC (70Z03821DW0000001, later superseded by a three-year renewal, contract 70Z03821DW0000001, awarded May 1, 2026, ceiling $6.66 million through April 30, 2029) provides full-time Leonardo-trained FSR staff, engineering data management, technical interchange coordination, and aircraft-on-ground support. The HC-27J nose landing gear repair and overhaul IDC (awarded September 12, 2024, ceiling $5.96 million through September 11, 2029) serves as the sole authorized repair facility for that critical component. Under these vehicles and related delivery contracts, Leonardo has issued hundreds of task orders for component repairs (cargo dimmer units, submerged APUs, control columns, landing gear hooks, regulating valves, fuel pumps), spare parts (gaskets, seals, bushings, solenoid valves, pitot tubes, tires, hinges), technical publications, and one-off repair services (engine oil coolers, duct assemblies, flight control kits). The largest single task order in the visible award set carries $3.79 million (FSR services to support C-27J, awarded May 1, 2025, completion April 30, 2026), with repair orders typically ranging from $20 thousand to $750 thousand in ceiling value. Most awards apply Federal Acquisition Regulation 25.103(b)(1) class determinations for nonavailability articles, acknowledging Leonardo's exclusive access to proprietary original equipment manufacturer technical data for C-27J and HC-27J components as a subsidiary of the platform manufacturer.

Activity has remained steady year over year—between 115 and 159 awards annually from 2022 through 2025—though 2026 year-to-date shows only 35 awards (reflecting a partial-year snapshot as of late September). Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $1.08 billion, representing 170% of combined potential value, indicating substantial spend-down against established ceilings. The recompete cliff within the next twenty-four months carries 23 awards valued at $6.5 million, presenting moderate renewal opportunity. The top five parent vehicles include two firm Coast Guard IDCs (70Z03823DW0000001 with 92 task orders, $5.4 million; HSCG2317DN50005 with 87 task orders, $36.8 million) and the HC-27J nose landing gear contract (70Z03823DW0000004 with 58 task orders, $11.1 million), concentrating Leonardo's Coast Guard pipeline within established delivery vehicles rather than new competitive solicitations.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue for federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totals $11.7 million across FY2022–FY2025 (FY2022: $4.7 million, 4.1 FTEs; FY2024: $6.9 million, 20.2 FTEs; FY2023 and FY2025 show zero invoicing in the SCI dataset). Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable contracts run a median of $561.62 per hour, with rates spanning a 10th percentile of $163.06 per hour through a 90th percentile of $844.14 per hour, positioning Leonardo's labor in the technical and engineering support band. SCI data shows no named subcontractor engagement across SCI-reportable contracts, indicating Leonardo delivers its own FSR and engineering labor rather than feeding work to sub-tier service contractors. The company's corporate structure includes 55 named subsidiaries, among them DRS-branded entities (DRS C3 Systems, DRS Rsta, DRS Mobile Environmental Systems, DRS Sensors & Targeting System) and other acquisitions such as Agustawestland North America, Night Vision Systems, OTO Melara SPA, and Elsag North America LLC, which collectively expand Leonardo's federal footprint across naval systems, electronic warfare, rotorcraft, and sensors.

Leonardo operates predominantly as a prime contractor (85% of awards) with minimal subcontract exposure (15%); the subcontract portfolio consists primarily of F-35 wing component supply and specialized repair services as a sub to Lockheed Martin on tactical fighter sustainment, along with secondary USASOAC (United States Army Special Operations Aviation Command) aircraft maintenance subwork under Lockheed and Amentum. The aircraft division's capability portfolio is narrowly focused on the C-27J and HC-27J platforms and allied components—no significant diversification into other transport or rotorcraft fleets is evident from the award history. Place of performance is consistently Italy for manufacturing and repair work, with delivery to the Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Categorically, the awards concentrate in aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing (664 awards under NAICS 336413) and support activities for air transportation (182 awards), with smaller shares in engineering services (26 awards) and professional support labor (22 awards), reflecting an OEM-centric business model anchored to sustainment and spare parts supply rather than new-production aircraft or broad defense systems integration.