en.Wedoany.com Reported - Leonardo has achieved significant results in the 2025 annual projects of the European Defence Fund (EDF), with 15 of its 18 submitted proposals successfully selected, including 11 capability development projects and 4 research projects, further consolidating the company's position as a major player in the European defence industry.
In 2025, the European Defence Fund established a total of 33 tenders with an overall budget of approximately €1 billion. Out of 410 proposals received, the European Commission ultimately selected 57 projects, involving 634 entities from 26 European countries, as well as Norway and Ukraine. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were actively involved, accounting for 38% of all participating entities. Within this framework, Leonardo helped establish broad and distributed consortia, fostering collaboration among large enterprises, SMEs, research centres, and institutions.
Among the selected projects, ASIMOV (Autonomous Systems for Inspection, Maintenance, Defence Operations, and Manoeuvring) and ANEMOS (Airborne New European MIDS Operational Solutions) are led by Leonardo. ASIMOV is a capability development project focused on European defence in-orbit operations and services, consolidating the company's leading position in the space sector and the space economy applied to security. ANEMOS is a research project aimed at expanding Europe's capabilities in information superiority and interoperability through new radio communication solutions and advanced waveforms.
Leonardo will receive over €64 million in European funding from this project, with €51 million allocated for capability development and €13 million for research. Including contributions from participating companies, the total funding for the group across the 15 selected projects amounts to approximately €84 million. This makes Leonardo the Italian company with the most projects awarded in Brussels, benefiting from synergies with the Ministry of Defence and highlighting the influence of the "Italian system" on the European stage. This participation underscores the group's alignment with its industrial plan, covering areas such as collaborative air combat, air-ground integrated collaborative land combat, next-generation soldier systems, digital ships, naval combat clouds, cyber defence, and interoperability in live, virtual, and constructive training. Key technologies also include multi-band 4D radar, infrared sensors, and advanced electronic components.
Leonardo is also strengthening its presence in the follow-up plans of previous EDF projects to advance the maturation of developed technologies and their transition to high-impact operational applications.
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