Space & Missile Defense Symposium 2026
August 11-13 | Von Braun Center | Huntsville, AL
Defending America at Home and Abroad
The Space & Missile Defense Symposium is the leading educational, professional development, and networking forum for the future of space and missile defense. Industry leaders, government officials, and technical experts will be gathered and ready to engage in strategic dialogue and propel discussion on innovation opportunities.
The Leonardo Electronics team will be in attendance, ready to discuss collaboration opportunities with some of our relevant capabilities. From Avalanche Photo-Diode (APD) Infrared Detectors, Precision Guidance seekers, and our Multi-Domain Falcon Shield solution, there are a multitude of options available to support your mission success.
Learn more about these capabilities below, and use the button above to schedule a time to meet with our capability experts.
Check out our blog:
Empowering Next-Generation Optical Systems: The APD Advantage
Downloadable Whitepapers:
Linear-Mode Avalanche Photodiode Arrays in HgCdTe
High Performance Shortwave APDs for Astronomy
Avalanche Photo-Diode (APD)
Infrared Detectors

- Array: 1024 x 2024 pixels
- Pixel Pitch: 15 μm
- Power consumption: 30 mW
- Waveband for full gain: 0.8 to 2.5 um (partial to 3.5 um)
- Avalanche gain control: Single –ve power supply up to 18 V

2K x 2K, 15 Micron Pitch Array
- 2048 x 2048 Format Array
- 4 Top + 4 Bottom Reference Rows
- 15μm Pixel Pitch
- Power Dissipation: <50mW
- Dynamic Range at Output: 1.45V (Max)

- Array: 320 x 256 pixels
- Pixel Pitch: 24 μm
- Power consumption: 30mW
- CDS modes: Rolling or Read-Reset-Read per row
- Waveband for full gain: 0.8 to 2.5um (partial to 3.5um)

- Active Array: 512 x 512
- Pixel Pitch: 24 μm
- Waveband for full gain: 0.8 to 2.5 um (partial to 3.5 um)
- Control and operation: Single serial interface and clock
- Power consumption: 80 mW
Precision Guidance Seekers

GEN III Semi-Active Laser Seeker
- Spectral response: 1064+/-40 nm
- Total circular field of view: 50 degrees
- Angular accuracy: < 0.5° terminal accuracy
- Input voltage range: 18-36 V dc, 28 V dc nominal preferred
- Power dissipation: < 10 W

Precision Weapon Guidance System
- Spectral response: 8-12 um long-wave infrared
- Baseline variant 480 x 640 array format
- High-resolution field of view
- Field of regard: > 40° (full-angle)
- Sightline Slew Acceleration: > 100 rad/s²
Defense Systems

Counter Unmanned Air System (C-UAS
- Enables integration with existing air defense radar installations or as a stand-alone system
- Solution for both close-in, e.g. urban canyons and long-range surveillance and threat identification
- Electronic Surveillance to provide detection and tracking of threat elements
- Enables deployment in a broad range of operational requirements across a global environment
- Enables accurate geo-location of threat for hand-off to
effector, counter-measure or external actor
