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.Alenia Aermacchi
Alenia Aermacchi is the Italian leading company in the design and production of military trainers. Its wide range of products covers all the phases of pilots training syllabus. The Company is involved in several international military programmes such as the AMX, Eurofighter Typhoon, Tornado and C-27J. In the civil aviation market Alenia Aermacchi produces structural part and components for engine nacelles for Airbus, Boeing, Embraer and Falcon.

.AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland is a technology leader in its markets with an unrivalled range of rotorcraft products designed to satisfy  commercial and military customers. AgustaWestland places great emphasis on customer satisfaction, providing industry leading support and training solutions to its growing customer base. Developing its training capabilities has also allowed AgustaWestland to expand its training business to become a major provider of training in the defence systems market.

.Thales Alenia Space
European leader for satellite systems and at the forefront of orbital infrastructures, Thales Alenia Space is owned by Thales (67%) and Finmeccanica (33%) and forms with Telespazio the "Space Alliance". Thales Alenia Space represents a worldwide standard for space development: from navigation to telecommunications, from meteorology to environmental monitoring, from defense to science and observation.
 

.Alenia Aeronautica
Alenia Aeronautica is renowned for its innovative contributions to the aviation industry, with more than 12,000 aircraft built to date either directly or through international co-operation ventures. It is among the world leaders in the manufacture of aerostructures and one of the few with the experience of the entire aircraft cycle that allows it to act as prime contractor. It plans, designs and constructs military and civilian aircraft such Eurofighter Typhoon, C-27J, ATR42 MP, ATR72.


.AnsaldoBreda
AnsaldoBreda designs and develops a wide range of vehicles for every urban and suburban railway transport requirement and has consolidated its leadership in the supply of underground and railway cars, as well as urban trams. AnsaldoBreda has a widespread presence on international markets. Its main achievements include the new Los Angeles metro and the modernisation of the Atlanta metro; San Francisco trams; trains for Danish railways and Madrid underground; rolling stock for Birmingham and Manchester LRT and for Copenhagen's automated underground.




.Ansaldo Energia
Ansaldo Energia is a global player in power generation, with an installed capacity exceeding 153,000 MW in over 75 countries. It designs, builds and supplies the full range of plant solutions on different types of packages: turnkey, engineered and individual components, each tailored to meet individual customer requirements. Ansaldo Energia offers a broad range of technical solutions and can play every role, from co-developer to engineering procurement construction contractor and from original equipment manufacturer to operation and maintenance contractor.

.Ansaldo STS
ANSALDO STS brings together Finmeccanica's signalling activities, and rail and underground transport systems. It controls Ansaldo Signal N.V., a company governed by Dutch law which heads a group operating in the rail and underground signalling sector, and Ansaldo Trasporti-Sistemi Ferroviari S.p.A., an Italian company with expertise as a systems analyst/technological integrator in the rail and underground "turnkey" transport systems sector.


.ATR
France, Toulouse-based regional aircraft manufacturer ATR is the world leader in the 50 to 70-seat turboprop market. ATR is an equal partnership between Alenia Aeronautica and EADS. It has three marketing and customer support centres (Toulouse, Washington, Singapour), two training centres (Toulouse, Bangkok) and an office in Beijing.




.Elsag DATAMAT
Elsag Datamat is the new business concern established to act as a centre of excellence for the design and production of systems, services and solutions in automation, security, transport, defence & space, information technology. Resulting from the integration of Elsag and Datamat in 2007, Elsag Datamat is a company in Finmeccanica group, one of the world's leading industrial conglomerates.


.Galileo Avionica

Galileo Avionica is the Italian leader in mission electronics, avionics and surface electro-optics. It participates in the key European military aircraft, from the NH90 helicopter to the Eurofighter. Galileo Avionica operates through five business units specialising in Avionics Systems, Avionic Radar, UAV and Simulators, Surface Systems and Space. Its subsidiaries include FIAR, Alelco, Meteor and Tecnospazio.

.MBDA
MBDA is owned by Bae Systems (37.5%), Eads (37.5%) and Finmeccanica (25%). It is a world leading, global missile systems company. It currently has 45 missile system and countermeasure programmes in operational service and has proven its ability as prime contractor to head major multi-national projects. MBDA can meet customer requirements in each of the operational environments: air, land and sea.

.Officine Aeronavali Venezia
Aeronavali is leading international player in the overhaul and conversion of commercial and military aircraft and systems upgrading. Its capabilities extend to the design and manufacture of complete modification kits and specific components. Founded in 1947, Aeronavali has grown with the Finmeccanica aerospace business ever since its acquisition by Aeritalia in 1981. From 2001 the company is co-ordinated by Alenia Aeronautica.


.OtoMelara
Oto Melara is the world leader in the production of small and medium calibre naval guns. It applies the latest technologies to offer its customers global answers and has research and development structures in areas ranging from artillery to armoured vehicles, from naval ammunition to antiaircraft systems. Its products are in use in about 60 countries on five continents. 




.Selex Communications
SELEX Communications is a leader in integrated communications, command and control systems for land, sea and air applications, placed to lead the delivery of Network Enabled Capability and to support joint forces. The Company provides equipment and integrated systems for communication, navigation, identification and mission control, to be installed on military transport aircraft, on rescue aircraft and mission and combat aircraft.

.Selex Sensors & Airbone Systems
By combining BAE Systems Avionics and Galileo Avionica, the company is Europe's second largest defence electronics business. It specializes in world-class integrated sensor solutions and is a leader in surveillance, protection, tracking, targeting and imaging systems. SELEX S&AS (75% Finmeccanica, 25% BAE Systems) controls Galileo Avionica and Selex S&AS Ltd.

.Selex Sensors & Airborne Systems Ltd

In the UK Selex S&AS Ltd is the foremost supplier of electronic systems for military platforms in the air, at sea and on land. It produces: airborne radar sensors, electronic warfare systems, electro optical systems, military lasers. Drawing on domain knowledge in military electronics support, SELEX S&AS drives innovation through the support chain with solution modelling and technical expertise.



.Selex Sistemi Integrati
SELEX Sistemi Integrati is a leading European defence and air traffic control systems supplier with core competencies in system integration and prime contract management. Is a key supplier of air defence,coastal surveillance networks and complete combat management systems for all vessels. In Air Traffic Management it provides total solution systems (primary, secondary radars, control and planning centres, complete gate-to-gate handling).


.Telespazio
Telespazio (Finmeccanica 67% and Alcatel 33%), combines Telespazio with Alcatel Space Services and Operations activities and is a key player in the space services market. It concentrates on operations and services for satellite solutions, which include control and exploitation of space systems as well as value-added services for networking, multimedia and earth observation. 

.Wass
WASS is a world leader in underwater systems, recognised for its excellence in integrated systems engineering. It offers a complete range of light- and heavyweight torpedoes, torpedo counter-measures for vessels and submarines, active/passive shipboard and helicopter sonar, countermine and underwater surveillance equipment. It controls 50% of Eurotorp, (consortium with DCN and Thales) that designs and builds the world's most advanced lightweight torpedo system.


 
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