Good morning, Mr. Chair and committee members. It's a pleasure to be here today. My name is Francesco Norante. I'm the president of Leonardo Canada.
I also want to acknowledge that tomorrow is going to be the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, so all Canadians are in our thoughts and we're very proud of that.
Leonardo Canada is part of the larger Leonardo group. Leonardo group is one of the top defence companies in the world. Last year we closed our revenues at 14.1 billion euros, more than $30 billion Canadian.
We are presently in 150 countries around the world, in 26 of which we have production, and the majority of our revenues come from the international market. We have also invested in our supply chain extensively. We have more than 8,000 suppliers and a significant presence here in Canada as well.
Leonardo is active and present in all the spectrums of defence and aerospace. We have five key areas—air, land, maritime, space and cyber. In terms of aircraft and helicopters, we manufacture helicopters for all purposes. We proudly support search and rescue operations in Canada with Cormorant, and this is also the largest business we have in Canada.
We are also present in electronic defence. We cover basically the whole spectrum of defence electronics from U.S. command and control systems to radars and cybersecurity. We also manufacture aircraft. We are one of the few defence companies, if not the only one, that has heavily invested in jet trainers. We have a basic trainer and an advanced trainer, which are the two that we are going to offer in Canada for the next campaign.
We are very involved in the space business. We are in all the major space programs, and in particular, in Canada, we support Telesat for the low-earth orbit constellation program. We have a JV with Telus, so we manufacture the satellites for the next generation of satellites in Canada. We are also focused on customer support and training, so we do the entire spectrum from manufacturing to support, which is the activity we are going to implement here in Canada so we will be able to support all our fleets.
Leonardo Canada was established in 2018 here in Ottawa. Our office is here, with the purpose of expanding the business but also consolidating what we have. We've been present in Canada for 50 years in different configurations. Now Leonardo Canada is responsible for all the activities in the defence and security market.
In Canada, we have five service centres for helicopters across the country. We have more than 50 helicopters flying across the country. We cover search and rescue, air ambulance and also private purposes. We also have more than 40 ATRs, which are the medium aircraft for transportation. We are around 400 people. We own three subsidiaries: Leonardo DRS Canada based in Kanata, which is specialized in electro-optics and naval communication; Leonardo DRS Pivotal Power, which is focused on power units; and then Leonardo Canada - Electronics, which is specialized in simulation and training for electronic warfare.
We also are almost at the completion of the deployment of over 30 weather radars for Environment Canada, and we will also deploy more than 20 radars across all the main airports in Canada.
We have an extended supply chain. We purchased more than 3,000 engines from Pratt & Whitney. We are in partnership with CAE and all the key players. In terms of investment, we invested almost $400 million last year in the supply chain.
Finally, I would like to thank all of you for this opportunity to be here today.