Elettronica S.p.A. (ELT) and Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG (Rohde & Schwarz) have signed a Framework Cooperation Agreement aimed to explore potential business opportunities in the field of electronic warfare and defence technologies.
The agreement establishes a structured basis enabling the companies to jointly evaluate and pursue future selected commercial opportunities across multiple operational domain including land, airborne, space, cyber and, in continuity to the running agreement, naval.
The agreement brings together two companies with highly complementary capabilities in electromagnetic spectrum operations, aerospace, defense electronics, and complex system integration to address future European and International prospects.
“This agreement represents an important step in strengthening our international cooperation and in enhancing our ability to respond to increasingly complex and evolving procurement and commercial requirements,” said Paolo Izzo, SVP Global Sales & Business Development Elettronica spa.
“With Rohde & Schwarz, a global leader with highly complementary capabilities, we can combine our respective strengths to offer more competitive solutions across the electromagnetic spectrum in today’s defence landscape,” he added.
Ralf Watamaniuk, Vice President Sales and Business Development, Rohde & Schwarz, commented: “Rohde & Schwarz is pleased to enter into this framework with Elettronica. The agreement provides a strong basis to build on our successful collaboration and assess where our combined capabilities can create value for customers operating in increasingly complex and demanding defense environments, particularly in the areas of Counter-UAS and ground-based ESM.”
The agreement defines a general framework for cooperation, including principles for evaluating projects, aligning technical and commercial approaches, and determining potential workshare based on the distinct technological strengths of each company. Any specific collaboration will be governed by separate project agreements.
Rohde & Schwarz is striving for a safer and connected world with its Test & Measurement, Technology Systems and Networks & Cybersecurity Divisions. For over 90 years, the global technology group has pushed technical boundaries with developments in cutting-edge technologies. The company’s leading-edge products and solutions empower industrial, regulatory and government customers to attain technological and digital sovereignty.
Rohde & Schwarz generated a net revenue of EUR 3.16 billion in the 2024/2025 fiscal year (July to June). On June 30, 2025, Rohde & Schwarz had more than 15,000 employees worldwide.
For 75 years, it has been a world leader in electronic defence systems. Thanks to its innovative management of the electromagnetic spectrum, achieved through proprietary and integrated technologies, the brand is today an international group with a multi-domain approach covering cyber, space and biodefence.
Thanks to the experience gained by participating in major European defence programmes such as Eurofighter Typhoon, FREMM, PPA, ELT Group is today present in more than 30 countries around the world with more than 3000 systems delivered and is also participating in the project for the 6th generation avionics platform GCAP (Global Combat Air Programme).
The ELT Group is headquartered in Italy, but is present in 15 countries on 4 continents through sales offices and companies of strategic importance and local law in Germany and Saudi Arabia.
The ELT Group also includes CY4GATE, specialised in cyber security and cyber intelligence, E4Life, Italy's first biodefence company and Solynx Corporation, a US-based technology scouting company.
