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Leonardo Sistemi di Difesa is an Italian defense company which is part of the Leonardo conglomerate. The company specializes in the manufacture of naval weapon systems.
The plant based in Livorno came about when the Whitehead Torpedo Works was purchased by Giuseppe Orlando in 1924, one of the owners of the Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando of Livorno. Whitehead Torpedo established the Società Moto Fides that initially produced motorcycles but changed the production to that of torpedoes.[1]
- ^ Petrucci, Benito (2005). "The 'Italian Period' of the Whitehead Torpedo Factory of Fiume (Rijeka) and the Foundation in Livorno of Whitehead Moto Fides (WMF-1945) and of Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei (WASS–1995)". 1st International Conference on the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Torpedo Factory in Rijeka and the Preservation of Rijeka's Industrial Heritage (PDF). 'Pro Torpedo', Association for the Protection and Promotion of Rijeka's Industrial Heritage.