Suppliers

Globally, Leonardo operates in the aerospace, defence and security industries, annually procuring a wide range of products and services. Across the UK, Leonardo works with nearly 1,700 suppliers, 75% of whom are SMEs.

Maintaining healthy and productive relationships with all our suppliers is critical to our continued success, and we are always looking for additional suppliers and partners who share our principles of integrity, transparency and trust. This all contributes to ensuring the company's operational excellence.

Leonardo is a signatory of the UK Aerospace Growth Partnership Supply Chain Competitiveness Charter, and as such, supports structured supply chain continuous improvement programmes SC21 Operational Excellence (OE) and Competitiveness and Growth (C+G). It is expected of our incumbent and future UK suppliers to be engaged on these programmes in order to sustainably develop their businesses, to further be competitive in the international marketplace, and to invest in technology to radically improve product performance and manufacturing productivity.

For the supply of aircraft components, we require all suppliers to have AS9100 series Accreditation, NADCAP Accreditation (for the supply of manufactured articles which involve special processes) and Catia V5 for transfer to digital models.

Modern Slavery Statement
Supplier Code of Conduct
Code of Ethics

Electronics


Leonardo’s UK Electronics business maintains a global supply base in support of operations across the UK. We place great emphasis on risk management and ensuring full transparency in our supply chain. All suppliers are expected to adhere to Leonardo’s Supplier Code of Conduct, Code of Ethics and Modern Slavery Statement.

Our values and requirements of our suppliers are expressed in our General Conditions of Purchase.

Around three quarters of our UK Electronics business suppliers are Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and we welcome further opportunities to engage with the SME community. The business actively supports the UK MoD SME Action Plan.

Leonardo’s UK Electronics business is also a founding member of the Joint Supplier Accreditation Register (JOSCAR) initiative, which is an industry-wide source of supplier qualification and compliance information. Leonardo encourages all suppliers to participate in JOSCAR. The benefits to Leonardo of participation in JOSCAR as a Buyer are:

  • An in-depth approach to supplier qualification which supplements our existing in-house practices and enables us to declare compliance against Leonardo corporate standards.
  • An easily accessible library of supplier information as a reference point for our existing performance management practices and business reviews.
  • A means by which to promote supplier compliance against emerging industry standards and regulations.
  • A source of information to fulfil our internal and customer-driven supply chain risk management initiatives, such as Business Continuity Management.
  • A benchmark for our Category Strategies and a reference point discriminator for our source selection activities.

For further information about becoming a supplier to Leonardo’s UK Electronics business, please contact us.
 

Team Tempest

Leonardo is one of the founding partners of Team Tempest, responsible for developing the UK’s next generation Future Combat Air System. The company is leading development in the areas of integrated sensors, effectors and communications.

In line with the Team ethos of collaboration and innovation, we have a long-term commitment to R&D and developing trusted partnerships with companies that enable the programme to deliver world-class competitiveness in the global market. Please contact our Team Tempest project team to learn more about the possibility of joining our team of suppliers and partners.

Visit our Team Tempest pages to find out more about our involvement in the programme.

Helicopters


Leonardo's UK Helicopter business is intrinsically linked to our global Helicopter division.

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To ensure our UK business meets its responsibilities under current Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) legislation, the Company has implemented specific HSE arrangements for suppliers at its UK helicopter site in Yeovil.

Cyber


Our Cyber Security business procurement team has full responsibility for the entire purchasing process for the product categories linked to its services/products. Further details

A Strong and Diverse UK Supply Chain

Leonardo's seven major sites across the UK bring investment into their respective local economies and wider region through strong links with supply chain companies in the surrounding areas. Annually, we spend approximately £600m with over 2,100 companies – two thirds of whom are SMEs – in our UK supply chain across our Helicopters, Electronics and Cyber divisions.

More about our UK Supply Chain

A Strong and Diverse UK Supply Chain

Global Supply Chain

Global Supply Chain

The supply chain is a strategic element of Leonardo's model. Thousands of suppliers contribute to the Group’s competitiveness and value creation through the quality of the products and services supplied, and the collaboration in the project management, including focus on risk management. Suppliers take part in collaborative innovation processes, in order to share knowledge, skills and technologies, as well as participating in industry initiatives.

More about Leonardo's global supply chain