Finmeccanica is Italy's leading high-tech company, operating in the design and manufacture of helicopters, aerostructures, satellites, space infrastructure, missiles and defense electronics. It plays a leading role in the European aerospace and defense industry, and participates in some of the biggest international programs in the sector through well-established alliances with European and American partners. http://www.finmec.comThe recent tragedy in Haiti has left its capital city of Port-Au-Prince a disaster zone with countless numbers of its population displaced. The latest estimates put the death toll at an astounding number. During this trying time, Finmeccanica is committed to raise crucial funds that will help assist the long and difficult relief process. In order to maximize this effort, Finmeccanica would like to ask you to make an online donation that will go into a consolidated fund to be distributed to the American Red Cross’ Haiti Relief and Development Fund. Together our donations can make a difference. Please click the banner on the right side to make your donation. Thank you for your generosity! http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/From 19 to 25 July 2010, Finmeccanica will take part in the 47th Farnborough Air Show, which, together with that of Le Bourget, with which it alternates years, is the world’s largest showcase for aerospace technology and the defence and security industry, and the event that most represents current trends in the international market. http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_Farnborough_19_07_10_ING.pdfThe Finmeccanica Group’s third Sustainability Report is available from today on its website. The report is an information tool which, using appropriate indicators, can measure the group’s economic, social and environmental performance in 2009. The aim of the report is to illustrate Finmeccanica’s contribution to sustainable development in a comprehensive and transparent manner and to highlight the propriety and quality of its relationships with stakeholders. http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/NotaStampaFNM_Sostenibilita_16_07_10_Eng.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_Nota_FNM_10_07_10_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_NomineVertici_24_06_10_ING.pdfRussian Helicopters (subsidiary of JSC UIC Oboronprom, part of Russian Technologies State Corporation) and AgustaWestland (a Finmeccanica company) are pleased to announce that the set up of a joint civil AW139 medium twin helicopter final assembly plant started with a ground-breaking ceremony today. A time capsule was laid in the base of the foundation at the industrial area in Tomilino, near Moscow, during the official ceremony which was attended by representatives and dignitaries from the partners.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/NR_AgustaWestland_Construction_Start_ING.pdfAnother success in America for DRS Technologies, Inc., a Finmeccanica company, which has received orders worth $140 million to supply thermal sights to the US Army PEO Soldier, Project Manager Soldier Sensors and Lasers (PM SSL).http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_DRS140mln_08_06_10_ING_rev.pdfIn reference to articles published today in some press organizations, Finmeccanica reiterates statements made in recent days: the Chairman and CEO, Pier Francesco Guarguaglini has never met and does not know Mr. Mokbel. Therefore journalistic reconstructions based on this fact are completely unfounded.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_Dichiarazione_FNM_09_06_10_ING.pdfFinmeccanica, through its subsidiary SELEX Sistemi Integrati, has signed a contract worth EUR 238 million with the Land Armaments General Directorate of the Italian Ministry of Defence to supply the Italian armed forces with a digitised system known as Forza NEC (Network Enabled Capability).http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_FORZANEC_09_06_2010_ING.pdfToday, Finmeccanica announced an AgustaWestland agreement with the Boeing Company for the U.S. Navy’s Marine One presidential helicopter program (VXX). Boeing secured the rights to use AgustaWestland intellectual property, data and production rights to integrate the AW101 into a Boeing product for the VXX program. AgustaWestland will keep a role in developing the programme and will be awarded a significant part of the basic helicopter production.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AW_Boeing_07_06_10_ING.pdfFinmeccanica, through Alenia North America (a subsidiary of Alenia Aeronautica) received an additional order for 8 C-27Js JCA (Joint Cargo Aircraft) for the U.S. Air Force, valued at $319 million. These aircraft are scheduled for delivery to L-3, Finmeccanica’s U.S. partner, throughout 2012.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_C27J_07_06_2010_ING.pdfFinmeccanica, through Alenia North America (a subsidiary of Alenia Aeronautica) received an additional order for 8 C-27Js JCA (Joint Cargo Aircraft) for the U.S. Air Force, valued at $319 million. These aircraft are scheduled for delivery to L-3, Finmeccanica’s U.S. partner, throughout 2012.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_C27J_07_06_2010_ING.pdfGuarguaglini participates in Foreign Investors Council and Investment Summit in Kazakhstan Chairman and CEO of Finmeccanica, Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, took part in the Foreign Investors Council and the Kazakhstan Investment Summit held in Almaty on 3-4 June 2010 at the invitation of the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbaev, and the Kazakh prime minister, Karim Massimov. During the proceedings, Mr Guarguaglini met with President Nazarbaev, Prime Minister Massimov and other ministers. http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_Kazakhstan_04_06_10_ING.pdfIn relation to the articles that today are in the press, Finmeccanica categorically declares that it is not involved in the establishment of hidden accounts.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_NotaFNM_28_05_10_ING (2).pdfIn line with its programme to optimise its industrial structures in the Defence Electronics & Security and Space sectors, previously announced at the shareholders' meeting, Finmeccanica will launch a rationalisation process intended to improve the business organisation and industrial performance of the companies involved.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_riorganizzazione_nomine_20_05_2010_ing.pdfElsag Datamat, SELEX Sistemi Integrati, SELEX Communications and SELEX Galileo, Finmeccanica companies, will take part in TechFOr, the 3rd International Exhibition on Technology for Security to be held in Rome from 17 to 20 May. The Group will present its range of integrated solutions at every level for the realisation of a security system capable of protecting individuals, areas, infrastructure and sensitive locations against any type of threat, from terrorism to natural disasters, risks connected with security in large cities and risks to critical infrastructures and national borders.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_Techfor_17_05_10_EN.pdfAnsaldo STS USA proudly introduces the VitalNet™ Current Sensor, the first current sensor for vital railroad PTC applications.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ASTS USA Introduces Vital Current Sensor_5_17_10.pdfCapodichino (Naples), Italy – 18 May 2010 – Alenia North America, a subsidiary of Alenia Aeronautica and a part of the Finmeccanica Group, delivered the fifth Afghanistan National Army Air Corps (ANAAC) C-27/G.222 aircraft to the United States Air Force.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/C 27-G 222_Delivery5_05182010.pdfMonday, May 10 - Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, chairman and chief executive officer of Finmeccanica, marked a strategic collaboration between London’s Imperial College and the Italianbased aerospace, defence and security group with his first lecture as adjunct professor at the college’s business school that took place today.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/FIN_Imperial_Joint_Proposal_10_05_10_ING.pdfThe recent agreements signed by Ansaldo with Enel/Edf and with Areva identify the areas of Ansaldo’s involvement for their EPR projects in Italy, as well as the potential cooperation in other EPR projects abroad.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/PressNotesFNM_StatementAnsaldo_28_04_10_ING.pdfAgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, opens today the brand new LIATEC (Libyan Italian Advanced Technology Company) plant at Abou Aisha Airport.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_LIATEC_28_04_10_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/Oil Spill_043010.jpghttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_ITrimestre_2010_29_04_10_ING.pdfOn 15 March 2010, Alenia Aermacchi (AAEM), a Finmeccanica company, and EADS Defence and Security (DS) submitted a joint response to the Request For Information (RFI) issued by the European Defence Agency (EDA) on 15 July 2009 about the Advanced European Jet Pilot Training (AEJPT) programme.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/AEJPT_Joint_Proposal__M346_26_04_10_ING.pdf Ansaldo STS USA, a subsidiary of Genoa, Italy-based Ansaldo STS, announces the recent appointment of Susan L. Keaney, PMP, to the position of Vice President, Program Management, and Melinda Rombold to the position of Vice President, Human Resources. http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ASTS USA Appoints Two New VPs FINAL.pdfAnsaldo STS USA, a leader in rail signaling and train control technology and a subsidiary of Genoa, Italy-based Ansaldo STS, proudly welcomed Congressman Tim Murphy to its North American headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA. Congressman Murphy represents the 18th District of Pennsylvania.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/Congressman Tim Murphy visits Ansaldo STS USA (2).pdfAs part of the intergovernmental agreements between France and Italy to co-operate in nuclear power generation, Ansaldo Energia and its subsidiary Ansaldo Nucleare, both part of the Finmeccanica Group, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AREVA in Paris today. The signing took place at the Fifth Forum of Italian-French dialogue, chaired by Italy’s prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, and by the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AnsaldoEnergia-Areva_09_04_10_ING.pdfAnsaldoBreda, a Finmeccanica company, has won a contract to revamp ATM’s “Jumbo trams” (series 4900), operational in Milan since the end of the 1970s. The contract, worth EUR 33 million, relates to a first batch of 51 vehicles, and the company is expected to have an option for a further 49 trams. Delivery of the first vehicle is scheduled for 14 months after the order, and delivery of the last after 40 months.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_JumboTram_07_04_10_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_DRS_AW_STS_SSI_Galileo_ED_30_03_10_ING.pdfAnsaldo STS USA, subsidiary of Genoa, Italy-based Ansaldo STS, announces the recent appointment of Dr. Karen L. Tichenor, (Ph.D), to the position of Vice President, Quality, HSE and Business Performance.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ASTS USA New VP - Tichenor FINAL (2).pdfFinmeccanica has won contracts with a total value of approximately EUR 100 million through its companies Ansaldo Energia, SELEX Sistemi Integrati and DRS Technologies.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AEN_SELEXSI_DRS_19_03_10_INGLESE.pdfMs. Nina Laserson Dunn is joining Finmeccanica as Senior Advisor to the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, and as Vice Chairman of Meccanica Holdings Inc. Ms. Dunn will be located in Finmeccanica’s U.S. headquarters, Finmeccanica North America, which is in Washington, D.C. Ms. Dunn brings with her more than 20 years of domestic and international legal, compliance, and regulatory expertise.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/FNM NA_Press Release_NinaDunn_031910_FINAL.pdfRome, 16 marzo 2010 - e-GEOS, the company jointly owned by Telespazio and the Italian Space Agency, has signed a framework supply contract with the European Union, through the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission. Under the up to 4 year contract, which is worth approximately EUR 5.4 million per year, e-GEOS will provide the Union with world-wide Very High Resolution images from the GeoEye-1 and IKONOS satellites.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/PressRel_e-GEOS_Ue.pdfAgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, has been awarded a contract with a value of EUR 560 million by the Indian Air Force for the supply of 12 AW101 helicopters for government transport.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AW101_India_11_03_10_ING.pdfDividend of EUR 0.41 per share proposed.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_FY2009_04_03_10_ING.pdfAgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, has won contracts worth more than EUR 130 million at Heli-Expo 2010 (HAI) exhibition held in Houston, USA, from February 21st to 23rd.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AW_24_02_10_ING.pdfFinmeccanica, through its company DRS Technologies, Inc., have reached $100 million in U.S. military orders for infrared Driver’s Vision Enhancers (DVEs). The delivery orders have been placed against a September 2009 contract awarded by the U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) at Fort Monmouth, NJ – a DVE Family of Systems (FOS) contract covering orders from the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Special Operations Command.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_DRS_100_10_02_10_ING.pdfFinmeccanica, a global leader in the aerospace, defense, and security industries, has announced the establishment of an endowed professorship at Stanford University, one of the world’s leading research and teaching institutions. http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/Stanford Endowment.pdfAnsaldo STS (STS.MI), through its subsidiary Ansaldo STS USA, has signed a contract for a new Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) system as part of its strategic alliance agreement with Zhejiang Zheda INSIGMA Group Company Ltd. (Insigma), based in Hangzhou, China.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/STS_CS_Hangzhou_ENG.pdfFinmeccanica has won tree orders for a combined value of approximately EUR 300 million through his companies Ansaldo STS, SELEX Sistemi Integrati and DRS Technologies.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AnsaldoSTS_SELEXSI_DRS_02_02_10_ING.pdfAnsaldo STS (STS.MI), a global leader in high speed rail signaling technology, proudly advocates the Obama Administration’s announcement of grants dedicated to high speed and intercity rail. Ansaldo STS USA, a subsidiary and the North American headquarters of Ansaldo STS, cites this as a critical moment in American transportation history that will have distinct effects on its US-based employees and the entire nation.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ASTS USA High Speed Rail (2).pdfThe Finmeccanica Board of Directors met today to examine the financial forecasts for 2009 and updated guidance for 2010. The forecasts for 2009 – the final results will be submitted to the Board of Directors for approval on 4 March – confirm that the Group has succeeded in meeting the guidance for 2009 previously provided to the financial market.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_CDAdatiPrevisionali_28_01_10_ING.pdfFinmeccanica has been awarded a contract to supply naval systems to be fitted onto the two new stealth patrol vessels known as “Falaj 2”, which have been ordered to Fincantieri by the United Arab Emirates navy.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_SELEXSIFincantieri_22_01_10_ING.pdfThe team consisting of the US firm Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and the Italian company e-GEOS (Telespazio/ASI) has been awarded a contract worth up to USD 85 million by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to provide data, products and services from the COSMO-SkyMed satellites. The contract was signed in Denver (Colorado) and has a duration of five years.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/PressRel%20Tpz%20eGEOS_LM.pdfELSAG North America (www.elsag.com), market leader in Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) technology with its Mobile Plate Hunter-900 (MPH-900®) is proud to announce their partnership with Jubilant Enpro Private Ltd. (JUBILANT ENPRO) in India. At the close of a successful year, ELSAG is excited to be teaming up with JUBILANT ENPRO and working with them to further develop the Indian market for their law enforcement technology. http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/EnproELSAG_PRjan10edit2.pdfVessel traffic security of Venice lagoon will be guaranteed by SELEX Sistemi Integrati. Indeed, the Finmeccanica Company awarded a contract for the realization of the phase 1 of the Integrated Monitoring Telematic System (STIM) that will enable the vessel movements surveillance of the Venice lagoon and perform, in a security way, the protection barriers that are actually at a realization phase within the MOSE project.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_STIM_23_12_09_ING.pdfAnsaldoBreda, a Finmeccanica company and leader in the production of rail vehicles, has won a five-year contract worth USD 54 million to upgrade 143 light rail vehicles for the city of San Francisco’s public transport agency (MUNI). http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/AnsaldoBreda Press Release December 2009.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_EventiSocietariStockOptionPlan_18_12_09_ING.pdfCassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A. (CDP) and Finmeccanica S.p.A. today signed an agreement on the basis of which CDP commits to buy from Finmeccanica all its 33,770,436 shares in STMicroelectronics NV (STM) shares indirectly owned by the group through STMicroelectronics Holding NV (STH).http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_STM_17_12_09_ING.pdfAnsaldo STS (STS.MI), through its subsidiary Ansaldo STS USA, was awarded an $11.9M subcontract agreement with Mass Electric Construction Company as a part of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) “Rehabilitation of Red Line Metro Rail System - Dupont Circle to Silver Spring” project.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ASTS USA_WMATA Red Line FINAL (2).pdf“The maiden flight of the 787 Dreamliner represents a great accomplishment for Boeing and the Italian and international aeronautics industry”, commented Giorgio Brazzelli, Chairman of Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company. “This event is a source of great satisfaction for Alenia Aeronautica, which, by producing in its Grottaglie plant a very important fuselage section, has made a significant contribution to this programme that signals the launch of a new generation for civil aircraft”.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/Primo volo Boeing 787_161209_ENG.pdfFinmeccanica and Russian Technologies State Corporation today signed in Rome an Agreement of Intent with a view of establishing a joint venture for complex security systems production. The agreement was signed by Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, Chairman and CEO of Finmeccanica and Sergey Viktorovich Chemezov, General Director of Russian Technologies State Corporation, at the Italian-Russian summit meeting in the presence of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_Accordi_Russia_03_12_09_ING.pdfThe super-fast, eco-friendly train that is to take part to the tender announced by Trenitalia will be built entirely by AnsaldoBreda (Finmeccanica Group) and Bombardier. The two companies were invited to bid for the tender, which is for 50 high-speed trains. The new train will travel at more than 300 km/h and will consume up to 50% less fuel than the high-speed trains currently in service, thanks to new environmentally-friendly technology.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/CS_BOMBARDIER_ANSALDOBREDA_03_12_09_ING.pdfFinmeccanica today presented its second Sustainability Report, an information tool which, using appropriate indicators, can measure the Group’s economic, social and environmental performance in 2008. The aim of the report is to give an account of the intangible value of the company, as generated by indicators that are not strictly financial, such as the company’s role in society, its ability to attract the best talent, the attention to health and safety, the environment and sustainable development, the commitment to the social and cultural fields, the corporate ethics.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_Sostenibilita_24_11_09_ING.pdfAgustaWestland North America (AWNA) is pleased to announce that it was recently awarded a $17.35M U.S. Navy contract to provide depot level maintenance on three Egyptian Mk-2 variant H-3 helicopters. The contract provides full funding for this effort, which began in November 2008, and calls for complete refurbishment of the aircraft structure and all aircraft components. AWNA will also complete all safety checks to ensure the aircraft are flight ready.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/AgustaWestland North America Awarded U S Navy Contract.pdfFinmeccanica is pleased to announce that the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) and Eurofighter GmbH today signed a contract worth more than EUR 600 million with the Finmeccanica Group for the supply of five-year integrated support services for the Italian Air Force fleet of Eurofighter aircraft.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_Eurofighter_NETMA_17_11_09_ING.pdfDRS Defense Solutions, LLC. a wholly-owned subsidiary of DRS Technologies, Inc., announced today that its Technical Services unit has been awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to support the Program Manager Network Service Center (PM NSC), Defense Communications Systems Southwest Asia (DCS SWA).http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/DDS_Technical Services_SWA Work.pdfFinmeccanica take part at the Dubai Airshow to be held from 15 to 19 November. The Italian group, world leader in the aeronautics sector, will be present through its companies Alenia Aeronautica (aircraft, aerostructures), Alenia Aermacchi (trainer aircraft), AgustaWestland (helicopters), SELEX Communications (secure communications solutions) and SELEX Galileo (avionics, radar, UAV), which will display their capabilities in the aeronautics sector. Finmeccanica’s presence at the Dubai Airshow is particularly significant in light of the partnership agreement in the hi-tech aeronautics sector signed in October 2008 between Finmeccanica and the Mubadala Development Company to manufacture structural components in composite materials at a plant in Al Ain, in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The ceremony to officially open the plant took place on 14 November 2009.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_DubaiAirshow_2009_ING.pdfDRS Technologies, Inc. announced it received a $14 million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) award from the U.S. Navy to provide a modernized integrated voice communications system (IVCS) for Aegis cruisers and destroyers.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/DRSTechnologies_Aegis_IVCS.pdfSELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, and its partner companies have been awarded a five-year contract worth more than GBP 350 million by BAE Systems for support services for Captor radar and Praetorian “Defense Aids Systems” for the Eurofighter Typhoons aircraft currently in service with the air forces of the four partner countries: Germany, Italy, the UK and Spain. SELEX Galileo has worked with BAE Systems and the UK, German, Italian and Spanish defence ministries in an innovative approach aimed at providing an integrated logistics support service that will reduce the maintenance and repair costs of the aircraft of the four partner countries, and thus increase operational availability.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_contratto_SELEX_Galileo-BAES_12_11_09_ING.pdfThe municipal authority in the Swedish city of Gothenburg has exercised an option to acquire 25 Sirio vehicles from AnsaldoBreda - a Finmeccanica company - worth EUR 61 million, as part of a 2001 contract to supply 40 trams, which includes the possibility of exercising options for a total of 80 vehicles.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_SirioGoteborg_11_11_09_ING.pdfDRS Technologies, Inc. announced that it received a $4.7 million contract from Stauder Technologies in St. Peters, Missouri to provide military rugged tablet (MRT) computers and peripheral equipment for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Target Location Designation Handoff System (TLDHS) program.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/DRSTechnologies_Tactical_MRTforUSMC.pdfSELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica company, was awarded a contract worth EUR 83 million in its role as the head of a temporary consortium of companies with SAAB Microwave SA to supply the Italian Ministry of Defence - Teledife (the Italian General Directorate of Telecommunications, IT and Advanced Technologies) - with five firefinder radar systems and associated logistics support. The entire order will be delivered within 36 months of the contract being signed and coming into force. The contract also covers the provision of training for operators, as well as installation and system management support.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_Teledife_09_11_09_ING.pdfFinmeccanica North America hosted wounded warriors from National Naval Medical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Fort Meade and Fort Belvoir in a celebration to honor their courage and patriotism on and off the battlefield. This tribute event at the Embassy of Italy, called “Italian Belcanto in America,” included a musical performance featuring Carlo Rizzari, Assistant Conductor at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy, and the New York Opera Society Chamber Orchestra. For photos go to: http://www.finmec.com/photos http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/Wounded Warriors Honored at Finmeccanica Concert Celebration_Release_11 9 09 FINAL.pdfThe Chairman of Temir Zholy, Askar Mamin, the Chairman and CEO of Finmeccanica, Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, and the CEO of Ferrovie dello Stato, Mauro Moretti, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreeing wide-ranging co-operation in the development of the Kazakh rail sector. The signing took place today in Rome, in the presence of the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, and the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_Ferrovie_dello_Stato_05_11_09_ING.pdfKairat Kelimbetov, the Chairman of the Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna, and Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, Chairman and CEO of Finmeccanica, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conclude industrial co-operation agreements with Finmeccanica Group companies in the rail, electro-optics and helicopter sectors. This MoU was announced today in Rome in the presence of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. The agreement includes the possibility of setting up technological centres of excellence.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_MOU_Kazakhstan_05_11_09_ING.pdfFinmeccanica North America will honor wounded warriors from Bethesda Naval Medical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Fort Meade and Fort Belvoir during an evening concert and reception, Italian Belcanto in America, on Saturday, November 7 at the Embassy of Italy. The musical performance will feature Carlo Rizzari, Assistant Conductor at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy, and the New York Opera Society Chamber Orchestra. Following the performance, Finmeccanica North America will make a special presentation and donation to The Aleethia Foundation in recognition of their support of wounded warriors. http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/Concert Press Release FINAL 11 4 09.pdfDRS Defense Solutions, LLC. a wholly-owned subsidiary of DRS Technologies, Inc., announced that its Intelligence, Communications & Avionics Solutions (ICAS) operation in Buffalo, NY, is under contract with the U.S. Air Force Air National Guard to provide an advanced Joint Man-Portable Air Defense System (JMANPADS) trainer.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/DefenseSolutions_Trainer_AirNationalGuard.pdfAlenia North America, a subsidiary of Alenia Aeronautica – a Finmeccanica Company - has been awarded a contract worth approximately $7 million by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to perform C-27/G.222 aircrew and maintenance training for U.S. Air Advisors to the Afghanistan National Army Air Corps (ANAAC). The contract is for a year of training classes. The initial classes of Air Advisors have completed or are nearing the completion of their courses.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ANA_G222_Training Contract 271009.pdfOto Melara, a Finmeccanica company, signed a contract worth around 20 million euro with Italy’s Ministry of Defence - General Directorate of Terrestrial Armaments to supply 81 HITROLE Light turrets.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_contratto_HITROLE_Oto_Melara_26_10_09_ING.pdfLockheed Martin awarded OTO Melara North America the Lockheed Martin Corporation STAR Supplier - Facility Award. Lockheed Martin recognized OTO Melara North America management and employees at the Washington, DC facility as one of the top-performing suppliers to Lockheed Martin. The prestigious award is made only to Lockheed Martin suppliers who distinguish themselves by meeting some of the most stringent performance criteria in the Aerospace Industry. To join this elite group of STAR Suppliers, OTO Melara North America achieved 100% quality and 100% delivery for all products provided to Lockheed Martin for a minimum of 1 year.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/Press Release - LMC STAR Supplier OTO Inc FNM format bold rev 5- Oct 09.pdfAlenia Aeronautica has delivered on the 21st of October 2009 to the Air Force of the Lithuanian Republic the last out of 3 C-27Js, as per the contract signed in June 2006, fully meeting time schedule. The first aircraft had been delivered to the Lithuanian Air Force in December 2006 and the second one in December 2008. http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/Press release Alenia Aeronautica_Consegnato C-27J a Lituania_ING_221009.pdfToday, on the occasion of the Rome International Film Festival, the book “Ansaldo Nucleare: from watchdog to industrial reality. Recounting the past to write the future”, edited by the Institutional Relations Office of Ansaldo Energia SpA, was presented at the Parco Della Musica Auditorium in Rome.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_presentazione_volume_Ansaldo_Nucleare_21_09_09_ING.pdfToday Finmeccanica, through its wholly owned subsidiary Meccanica Holdings USA Inc., issued bonds in the US debt capital market in a private placement for an aggregate amount of 500 million dollar with a 30 year maturity (2040) and a coupon of 6.25%. The issue price is 99.836%. Coupons are payable semi-annually. The notes are fully guaranteed by Finmeccanica S.p.A. and will be listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_Bond_USA_20_10_09_ING.pdfSELEX Galileo, of Finmeccanica, is a world leader in attitude sensors and has supplied these for use in hundreds of missions without a single failure in orbit. That is why NASA chose A-STR for the successful LCROSS mission aimed at determining if ice crystals are present on the Moon. LCROSS is the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensor Satellite with a mission to confirm the presence or absence of water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at the Moon’s South Pole.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/SELEXGalileoConfirmsitsleadershipintheAttitudeSensors DEF.pdfDRS Technologies Inc., a Finmeccanica [FNC IM; SIFI.MI] company, has been chosen together with another supplier for a 1.9 billion dollar contract to supply infrared technology Driver’s Vision Enhancers (DVEs). The contract, awarded by the U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) covers orders from the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Special Operations Command.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_contratto_DRS_14_09_09_ING.pdfAnsaldo STS USA (ASTS USA) has penned a $13 million (USD) subcontract agreement with Wellington Power Corporation of Pittsburgh, PA, for the Port Authority of Allegheny County’s (PAAC) North Shore Connector project to extend the light rail system 1.2 miles.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ASTS USA Wins PAAC contract 0509 Final.pdfAnsaldo STS (STS.MI), through its subsidiary Ansaldo STS USA, has received a contract from the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) for the LIRR Harold and Point CIL’s (Central Instrument Location) Interlocking project. The contract value is 25.8 million USD.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/STS_USA_LIRR_ENG_042209.pdfThe United Arab Emirates Government today announced at IDEX 2009 (International Defence Exhibition & Conference) in Abu Dhabi that it had begun negotiations for the acquisition of 48 M-346 advanced lead-in fighter trainer aircraft manufactured by Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_selezioneM346_25_02_09_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_TelespazioTurchia_19_12_08_ING.pdfTelespazio, a Finmeccanica/Thales company, has signed agreements for two separate contracts with DRS Technologies, which was acquired by Finmeccanica in October 2008. The agreement covers the provision of telecommunications services via the Italian SICRAL satellites and the Telespazio satellite telecommunications centre in Fucino.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_accordo Telespazio_DRS_29_12_08_ING_Fin.pdfThe Alenia Aermacchi M-346 advanced trainer made its first supersonic flight, reaching Mach 1.15 in the “supersonic corridor” off the Italian Riviera coast. The first prototype M-346 reached this important milestone during a 75 minute flight which began and ended on the company airfield at Venegono Superiore. http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/M346 Sound Barrier.pdfAlenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, and the Direzione Generale Armamenti Aeronautici (General Management for Aeronautical Armaments) of the Defence Ministry, have reached an agreement for the supply of four ATR72 Maritime Patrol aircraft. The medium-range, twin-engine turbine airplanes will be delivered to the Italian Air Force starting from 2012, to be used for the maritime patrolling with mixed crews with the Italian Navy. http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/Alenia Aeronautica_4 ATR72s.pdfAnsaldo STS – Union Switch & Signal (US&S), through its subsidiary, Union Switch & Signal International (USSI), signed subcontracts for two new Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) projects as part of its strategic Alliance Agreement with Zhejiang Zheda INSIGMA Group Company Ltd. (“INSIGMA”), based in Hangzhou, China. The contracts have a combined value of approximately $30 million USD for Ansaldo STS – US&S.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ASTS USS China Contract $30M 1208 Final.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/Alenia Aeronautica Sky-Y 11202008.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/New Budapest radar system.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_contrattiSELEXGalileo_17_11_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/AgustaWestland 110608.pdfRome (Italy) and Parsippany (NJ-USA) – Finmeccanica, S.p.A. (Milan: FNC) (“Finmeccanica”), a world leader in the aerospace, defense and security industry, announced today to have successfully completed its acquisition of DRS Technologies, Inc. (“DRS”), a leading supplier of integrated defense electronics products, services and support. The acquisition received all the required regulatory approvals as well as the approval of DRS shareholders. http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/FNM_DRS.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AW-Ornge_07_10_08_ENG.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/TTC Contract Award 0908 FINAL A.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_G 222_30_09_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/L-3 Presents First Joint Cargo Aircraft.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/PacePR_Final.docTo register for this workshop, please contact Kathryn Stetz at rsvp@qorvis.com with your name, company, address, telephone number and email address, or call (202) 683-3182.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/FNM_SELEXSI_Workshop_PressRelease(100808).pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AnsaldoEnergia_Enel_03_09_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/Telespazio 9-10-08.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/Thales Alenia Space to Cooperate with JSC-ISS.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/Thales ALenia Rascomstar.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/Thales ALenia Space Building a new Satellite.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/Thales Alenia Space Statement.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/MASwings and Firefly AleniaAeronautica.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ELSAG NA Greensboro Manufacturing & Technical Center Info.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/22AugPR_SELEXGalileoProudmembersofStellarTeam_ENG_60.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/Globalstar Begins Production Assembly and Testing of New Second-Generation.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/MO--Project Alena Rls 2008-08-26.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/AgustaWestland - Aviation Record Breaker.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/AgustaWestland Press Release 08132008.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_SELEXSI_Qatar_29_07_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AnsaldoEnergiaUngheria_23_07_08_ING_doc.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/AgustaWestland_Qatar_ENG.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_SindacazionePrestitoDRS_14_07_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_SindacazionePrestitoDRS_14_07_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AnsaldoBredaTurchia_10_07_08_ING.pdfNew Elsag Technology Helps Catch and Convict Violatorshttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/07-01-08PR.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_Periodico_30_06_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_CDA_26_06_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_CdAvalutazioneindipendenza_27_06_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_Assemblea2008_06_06_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_NomineCDA2008_06_06_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AnsaldoBreda_27_05_08_ING.pdfTo see WEBCAST and download the PRESENTATIONS click here Please click on the link to view the live webcast. The Webcast will begin at 7am.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/28Apr08_NS_SG_MASER-GioveB_eng.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AccordoEurotechFinmeccanica_13_05_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_I_Trim_13_05_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_RelazioneAnnuale_29_04_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/28Apr08_NS_SG_MASER-GioveB_eng.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/23Apr08_PR_SG_US-COAST-GUARD_eng.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_CdA_14_04_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_Boeing787_09_04_08_ING.pdfSyracuse School District is 1st in the Nation to use ELSAG’s Mobile Plate Hunter 900, a license plate recognition technology, to identify motorists who illegally pass stopped school buses.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/SyracuseELSAGMobilePlateHunter-NewsRelease-FINAL.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AnsaldoBombardier_01_04_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/agusta03-31-08.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/Ansaldo_STS_South_Africa_and_Botswana.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AleniaAermacchiaMoUENAER_27_03_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/PN_SELEXGA_27mar2008_SG_SATEXPO.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/alenia-03-26-08.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/Egypt_Post_ENG.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/alenia_03-20-08.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/SelexG_031708_ATV_ENG.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_FY2007_17_3_08_EN.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AnsaldoEnergiaATEL_13_03_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/alenia-03-13-08.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ansaldosts-03-14-08.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_PrecisazioneDecisioneUE_11_03_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ANA ADC Draft 030408 PDF.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/SelexG_030508_PRISMA_HYPER_ENG.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AzioniProprie_03_03_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_CorsoMarche_29_02_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_STM_27_02_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/Com_Fin_BuyBack_28_02_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AnsaldoFC-_Enel_ENG.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/alenia2_26_08.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AWPhiladelphia_19_02_08_ING_Elicotteri.pdfFinmeccanica's board of directors has approved the financial calendar for 2008http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_EventiSocietari_29_01_08_ING.pdfhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AdmiralGiambastiani_24_01_08_ING.pdfThe Annual General Meeting of Finmeccanica at its meeting today approved the share buyback programme proposed by the Board of Directors' on the 21st November 2007 for up to approximately 8% of the company's share capitalhttp://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_Assemblea_16_01_08_ING.pdf"Delays in the maiden flight of the Boeing 787 do not impact on Alenia Aeronautica or Finmeccanica in the 2008 financial year, either in terms of the manufacture of components for the new aeroplane, as volumes have been confirmed, or in economic/financial terms, as agreements have already been reached".http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/NotaStampa_Zappa787_16_01_08_ING.pdfThe Environmental Report presented by Finmeccanica today - now in its second edition - shows the Group's commitment to the environment and its effective and efficient use of resources.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_RapportoAmbientale2006_15_01_08_ING.pdfSELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica company, signed a contract worth 230 million Euro with the Gendarmerie Nationale Algérienne to provide a Large System for Homeland security.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_SELEXSIAlgeria_10_01_08_ING_ElettronicaDifesa.pdfAnsaldo Energia, a Finmeccanica company and leading supplier of components and services for power generation plants, has won an important contract in Egypt worth 90 million Euro.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_AnsaldoEnergiaEgitto_09_01_08_ING_Energia.pdfFinmeccanica once again posts improved results. Revenues grew 12% in 2008 (organic growth: 8%), from EUR 13,429 million in 2007 to EUR 15,037 million.http://www.finmec.com/themes/garland/pages/press_pdfs/ComFin_Bilancio2008_10_03_09_ING.pdf