Leonardo S.P.A.

Leonardo SPA Aircraft Division, doing business as Leonardo SPA Divisione Velivoli, manufactures aircraft spare parts, provides aircraft maintenance and repair services, and delivers field service representative support to the U.S. Coast Guard as a prime contractor, with secondary exposure to U.S. Special Operations Command and the Navy. The company is a foreign-owned Italian multinational aerospace and defense enterprise headquartered in Rome, Italy, competing without set-aside restrictions in unrestricted federal procurements; it operates as a large business across its federal footprint.

Leonardo's federal customer base is heavily concentrated with the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard, which accounts for 865 of 1,064 total awards (81%) with a combined potential value of $352 million. The remaining customer concentration splits between United States Special Operations Command (40 awards, $164.9 million potential value), the Navy Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center (8 awards, $94 million potential value), and smaller exposure to Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (3 awards, $12.7 million). The Coast Guard awards dominate both by count and dollar value, driven by Leonardo's role as Original Equipment Manufacturer for the C-27J and HC-27J cargo aircraft platforms operated by the service.

Work performed under Leonardo's prime footprint centers on aircraft component procurement and repair. Representative examples include a $6.66 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Coast Guard (awarded May 2026, through April 2029) for Field Service Representative and technical support services for the C-27J fleet, with a dedicated Leonardo-trained FSR providing maintenance and engineering support at the USCG Aviation Logistics Center in Elizabeth City, North Carolina; a $5.96 million single-award IDC with the Coast Guard (September 2024 through September 2029) for repair and overhaul of nose landing gear components for HC-27J aircraft; and a $3.79 million firm fixed-price delivery order (May 2025) for FSR services to support C-27J aircraft. Across the recent award portfolio, Leonardo issues numerous purchase orders and delivery orders for aircraft spare parts—cargo door hinges, fuel pumps, solenoid valves, landing gear components, and thermal management systems—many valued between $10,000 and $250,000, with work performed at Leonardo's facilities in Italy and delivery to Elizabeth City. The majority of awards carry class determinations for nonavailability articles under FAR 25.103(b)(1) and Buy American Act exceptions, reflecting Leonardo's exclusive access to proprietary OEM technical data and certification requirements.

Vehicle position shows Leonardo holds primary seats on multiple Coast Guard IDCs: Indefinite Delivery Contract 70Z03823DW0000001 (90 task orders, $5.4 million combined potential value), Indefinite Delivery Contract HSCG2317DN50005 (87 task orders, $36.8 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract 70Z03823DW0000004 (56 task orders, $10.7 million), and Indefinite Delivery Contract 70Z03819DW0000001 (18 task orders, $3.5 million). These vehicles enable the Coast Guard to place rapid delivery orders for maintenance, repair, spare parts, and engineering support across the C-27J and HC-27J fleets.

Activity has remained relatively stable year over year across the past five years—151 awards in 2022, 159 in 2023, 154 in 2024, and 114 through mid-2025—with 25 awards recorded in 2026 to date. The recompete cliff shows 29 awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carrying combined potential value of $4.5 million, representing modest recompete exposure given the size of Leonardo's existing vehicle portfolio.

Leonardo operates as a prime contractor on 85% of recent awards (909 of 1,064) and appears as a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin Corporation on F-35 aircraft wing and fuselage component manufacturing work, including Alenia wing end items and various structural assemblies across Lot 18 and 19 F-35A, F-35B, and F-35C aircraft. The company also subcontracts to Lockheed Martin for U.S. Special Operations Command (USASOAC) aircraft services, including repair and return of auxiliary power units, landing gear assemblies, shock absorbers, flight station dimmers, and mission computer assemblies for C-27J aircraft sustainment.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue totaled $11.7 million across FY2022 through FY2024 (FY2022: $4.7 million across 4.1 FTEs; FY2024: $6.9 million across 20.2 FTEs), with FY2023 showing no reportable invoicing. On SCI-covered federal service contracts captured above the $150,000 threshold, Leonardo's government-paid hourly rates ran a median of $561.62 per hour, with senior labor pricing through $844.14 per hour (90th percentile) and entry rates near $163 per hour (10th percentile). Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, Leonardo performed 100% of work in-house with zero subcontractor hours reported, indicating a build-to-suit delivery model rather than a subcontractor-reliant approach. The SCI dataset represents only service contracts above the reporting threshold and excludes the substantial volume of aircraft spare parts procurement, goods, and repair work that dominates Leonardo's actual Coast Guard footprint.

Corporate structure includes 55 named subsidiaries, prominently including DRS Rsta, DRS C3 Systems, DRS Mobile Environmental Systems, DRS Sensors & Targeting System, Agustawestland North America, OTO Melara SPA, Elsag North America, and Night Vision Systems, reflecting Leonardo's integration of specialized sensor, electronic systems, rotorcraft, and munitions capabilities within the broader U.S. defense industrial base through wholly owned and majority-controlled U.S.-based entities.