Driving Britain's Prosperity through Inspiration, Invention and Engineering

As set out in this independent report by Oxford Economics research firm, published in July 2024, Leonardo’s UK operations contributes £2.5 billion to the economy annually, supporting more than 31,000 British jobs. With our focus on high-value work, our employees are shown to be 60% more productive than the average UK worker.

A Strong and Diverse Supply Chain

Maintaining Leonardo's healthy and productive relationships with all our suppliers is critical to our continued success. Our eight major sites across the UK each bring investment into the local economy and wider region through strong links with supply chain companies in the surrounding areas. We spend approximately £1 billion with nearly 1,700 companies in our UK supply chain annually.

Typhoon – Delivering Military and Economic Advantage

Oxford Economics has published a report quantifying the economic impact of the Typhoon programme to the United Kingdom’s economy over a five-year period between 2018 and 2022.

Supporting the UK Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group

Leonardo was proud to support the Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG21) through our role as strategic partner to the UK Ministry of Defence and one of the UK's leading equipment suppliers to the UK armed forces.