Finmeccanica is the second European player in the defence electronics market and the sixth worldwide.

This position stems from the recent agreements with BAE Systems that led to a cluster that includes SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems and Galileo Avionica (operating with the new brand SELEX Galileo), SELEX Communications and SELEX Sistemi Integrati.

The three companies are active respectively in avionics, military and secure communications, Large Systems for Homeland Protection, defence systems, air, airport and coastal traffic management. .. The grouping also includes Elsag Datamat, which designs and produces systems and solutions for automation, security, transports, defence, space and Information Technology and SELEX Service Management, a supplier of integrated communications services for military and civil security.