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 "slug": "leonardo-kyiv-subsidiary-michelangelo-testing-ukraine",
 "title": "Leonardo Discloses a Kyiv Research Subsidiary Registered in May and Plans Michelangelo Testing in Ukraine",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/leonardo-kyiv-subsidiary-michelangelo-testing-ukraine/",
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 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-08-21T20:19:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-08-27T20:19:52.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKyiv, 21 August 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Leonardo disclosed Leonardo Ukraine, a Kyiv-registered subsidiary set up on 20 May, in its half-year report — wholly owned via Leonardo International, authorised capital about UAH 5.1 million (roughly EUR 100,000)\n * The subsidiary is scoped for research and development: communications and navigation systems, software, and electro-optics, positioned to work with Ukraine's Brave1 defence-innovation cluster\n * CEO Roberto Cingolani said combat tes",
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  "defense-industry",
  "russia-ukraine-conflict",
  "iamd-air-missile-defense"
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 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "diehl-defence",
  "hensoldt",
  "knds",
  "leonardo",
  "nato",
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