Leonardo continues to play a central role in combat air programmes, building upon decades of experience with UK and allied forces. Through our world-leading advanced sensing and effecting technologies, we are developing solutions that will continue benefiting air platforms currently in service, as well as future crewed and uncrewed aircraft for many decades to come.
Future Combat Air System (FCAS)
Future Combat Air System (FCAS)
For more than a decade, Leonardo has been playing a central role as part of a national endeavour to develop the UK’s future combat air system (FCAS) capability, comprising a mix of crewed aircraft, uncrewed platforms, next generation weapons, networks and data sharing, and support and training.
Eurofighter Typhoon: Effective, proven, trusted
Leonardo is a Eurofighter Typhoon consortium partner, providing the Royal Air Force with its multi-role combat air capability. We are responsible for delivering over 60% of the aircraft’s on-board avionics including leading the consortia that develop both the Radar and Defensive Aid Sub-System.
Eurofighter Typhoon: Effective, proven, trusted
Boosting defence resilience through sovereign combat air
Boosting defence resilience through sovereign combat air
Leonardo's Clive Higgins, BAE Systems' Charles Woodburn; MBDA UK's Chris Allam; and Rolls-Royce's Adam Riddle reiterate the essential need for ongoing commitment to the UK's combat air sector to ensure that the UK Government and our Armed Forces can keep our nation safe and protect the freedom we should never take for granted.
RAVEN ES-05
RAVEN ES-05 is a high performance AESA radar designed for the Saab Gripen NG swing role fighter that builds on over 60 years of fire control radar experience. It features an innovative roll-repositionable AESA antenna to provide a full ±100° field of regard allowing maximum situational awareness and platform survivability. This Wide Field of Regard (WFoR) allows the aircraft to turn away after missile launch, whilst still maintaining datalinks to the missile. RAVEN ES-05's highly reliable AESA transmit-receive module technology significantly improves system availability, leading to reduced lifecycle costs.
RAVEN ES-05
