Enel and Leonardo sign a memorandum of understanding to strengthen industrial cooperation
The agreement signed by the two chief executives, Flavio Cattaneo and Lorenzo Mariani, aims to promote the sustainability and competitiveness of the national system
Key points
A strategic agreement to strengthen the link between energy, defence and digitalisation, pooling the expertise of two of the leading state-owned giants to support the competitiveness and resilience of the national economy. Enel and Leonardo have today signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at developing high value-added technological and industrial solutions.
The agreement signed by the two CEOs, Cattaneo and Mariani
The agreement, signed by Enel’s Managing Director, Flavio Cattaneo, and Leonardo’s CEO, Lorenzo Mariani, sets out to create an integrated model of collaboration between major national companies. The aim is to address the growing challenges of flexibility, efficiency and cyber and energy security facing businesses across Italia.
A synergistic two-pronged approach to cooperation
Specifically, the collaboration is proceeding along two synergistic tracks. On the one hand, the electricity group will provide Leonardo with its expertise in advanced energy services, energy management, self-generation solutions and the development of sustainable mobility. On the other hand, the former Finmeccanica will provide Enel with its technological know-how in the areas of cyber security, digitalisation and satellite communications for infrastructure monitoring.
The scope of the agreement
The scope of the agreement also ranges from the assessment of strategic programmes of national importance to environmental monitoring and the analysis of satellite data. This is a key element at a time when the protection of critical networks and the digital transition are going hand in hand. The text of the memorandum of understanding provides the general framework for future commercial agreements: the conclusion of subsequent binding agreements will be subject to specific case-by-case assessments and compliance with applicable regulations, including those governing transactions with related parties.
