LEONARDO Germany GmbH

LEONARDO Germany GmbH is the German subsidiary of Leonardo S.p.A., the Italian high-tech group that ranks among the world's top ten players in Aerospace, Defense and Security. According to the company's own description, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Leonardo (Italy) and operates as an innovative technology company with a special focus on leading-edge technology products, services and solutions for the international meteorology and homeland security markets. It also supports Leonardo's global activities in the broader Aerospace, Defense and Security sectors. The company runs two sites in Germany. Its headquarters are in Neuss, North-Rhine-Westphalia, and it maintains a branch office in Backnang, Baden-Wuerttemberg. Together these facilities employ a combined highly skilled workforce of more than 200 people, the majority of whom are masters-educated engineers and skilled technicians with complete system engineering expertise. The German entity is part of a global group that, per the company's own figures, employs around 49,000 people worldwide. In its Meteorology business segment, LEONARDO Germany GmbH presents itself as the world's leading manufacturer of cutting-edge weather radar technology, offering best-in-class C-, S- and X-Band weather radar systems together with related services and solutions. The company states that it draws on more than 50 years of experience in the provision of meteorological systems. Its meteorological portfolio comprises weather radar systems, radar components and software, wind shear detection systems, lidar systems and meteorological software. These systems and software packages are used by meteorological services, air traffic control authorities, land and vessel traffic authorities, hydrological institutions, agricultural and forestry institutions, and research agencies. Beyond hardware, the company provides a broad range of services related to the installation, operation and maintenance of its meteorological products and the implementation of its solutions. These services include consultancy, radar siting, training, maintenance and spare part management, supporting customers across the entire life-cycle of capital-intensive meteorological sensor networks. In its Homeland Security business segment, LEONARDO Germany GmbH addresses the challenging requirements of domestic and international civil and military markets. The company positions itself as a provider of leading-edge technology products, services and solutions in both Meteorology and Homeland Security, and it recruits for job opportunities in Germany and worldwide across a variety of roles, emphasizing the value and skills of its people.

LEONARDO Germany GmbH is the German operating entity of Leonardo S.p.A., the Italian aerospace, defense and security group. The company describes itself as a wholly owned subsidiary of Leonardo (Italy), one of the top ten players in the world in Aerospace, Defense and Security. Its German operations are concentrated in two locations: the headquarters in Neuss, North-Rhine-Westphalia, and a branch office in Backnang, Baden-Wuerttemberg. The meteorological business that forms one of the company's two core segments traces its roots to more than 50 years of experience in the provision of meteorological systems, as stated by the company. Over that period the business developed into what LEONARDO Germany GmbH describes as the world's leading manufacturer of cutting-edge weather radar technology, supplying C-, S- and X-Band weather radar systems along with radar components, software, wind shear detection systems, lidar systems and meteorological software. As part of the Leonardo group, the German subsidiary also supports the parent company's global business activities in the Aerospace, Defense and Security sectors. Its second core segment, Homeland Security, is dedicated to meeting the requirements of domestic and international civil and military markets. The company operates with a workforce of more than 200 people across its two German sites, the majority of them masters-educated engineers and skilled technicians, within a global group that employs around 49,000 people.

• Leonardo Germany GmbH operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Leonardo (Italy), with headquarters in Neuss and a branch office in Backnang.

• The company states it draws on more than 50 years of experience in the provision of meteorological systems.

Leading-edge technology provider in Meteorology and Homeland Security; self-described world's leading manufacturer of weather radar technology.

• Weather Radar Systems (C-, S- and X-Band)

  Best-in-class weather radar systems; the company describes itself as the world's leading manufacturer of state-of-the-art weather radar technology.

• Radar Components and Software

  Modular, flexible and versatile system architecture with all key technologies and manufacturing kept in-house and full design rights on all elementary components and software.

• Wind Shear Detection Systems

  Installed and operating in many airports worldwide.

• Lidar Systems

  Part of the meteorological product portfolio.

• Meteorological Software

  Software packages designed to cover a wide range of tasks for different users, relied on by meteorological services, air traffic control authorities, land and vessel traffic authorities, hydrological institutions, agricultural and forestry institutions, and research agencies.

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