{"id":1368963,"date":"2026-03-12T21:23:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/italys-michelangelo-air-defense-dome-is-being-tested-in-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T21:23:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:23:59","slug":"italys-michelangelo-air-defense-dome-is-being-tested-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/italys-michelangelo-air-defense-dome-is-being-tested-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy’s Michelangelo air defense “dome” is being tested in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Italian<\/span> defense<\/span> company<\/span> Leonardo<\/span> plans<\/span> to test<\/span> its<\/span> latest<\/span> Michelangelo<\/span> air<\/span> defense<\/span> system<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This<\/span> is<\/span> reported by<\/span><\/a> Breaking<\/span> Defense.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According<\/span> to<\/span> the company’s<\/span> CEO<\/span> Roberto<\/span> Cingolani<\/span> ,<\/span> tests<\/span> in<\/span> real<\/span> combat<\/span> conditions<\/span> could<\/span> begin<\/span> by<\/span> the end<\/span> of 2026<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

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Currently,<\/span> the first<\/span> component<\/span> of the Michelangelo<\/span> protective “<\/span> dome”<\/span> is already<\/span> being built<\/span> specifically<\/span> for<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> partners.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A feature<\/span> of the system<\/span> is its<\/span> open<\/span> architecture,<\/span> which<\/span> allows for<\/span> the creation of<\/span> protected<\/span> zones<\/span> with a radius of<\/span> approximately<\/span> 10-15<\/span> kilometers<\/span> .<\/span> Such<\/span> a network<\/span> can<\/span> be scaled if<\/span> necessary<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

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After<\/span> testing<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> the<\/span> company<\/span> plans<\/span> to conduct<\/span> official<\/span> tests<\/span> of the system<\/span> within<\/span> NATO<\/span> in<\/span> 2027<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

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They<\/span> will include<\/span> testing<\/span> the capabilities<\/span> to repel<\/span> ballistic<\/span> missile<\/span> attacks<\/span> and<\/span> integrating<\/span> Michelangelo<\/span> into<\/span> the pan-European<\/span> air<\/span> defense management<\/span> system<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

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Leonardo<\/span> also<\/span> expects<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> Michelangelo<\/span> project<\/span> could<\/span> bring<\/span> the company<\/span> about<\/span> 21<\/span> billion<\/span> euros<\/span> by<\/span> 2035.<\/span> According to<\/span> the<\/span> company,<\/span> representatives<\/span> of<\/span> about<\/span> 20<\/span> countries<\/span> have already<\/span> shown<\/span> interest<\/span> in<\/span> the system<\/span> .<\/p>\n

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The system<\/span> uses<\/span> sensors<\/span> and<\/span> predictive<\/span> algorithms<\/span> for<\/span> early<\/span> threat<\/span> detection<\/span> and<\/span> rapid<\/span> response.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Italian defense company Leonardo plans to test its latest Michelangelo air defense system in Ukraine. This is reported by Breaking Defense. According to the company’s CEO Roberto Cingolani , tests in real combat conditions could begin by the end of 2026 . Currently, the first component of the Michelangelo protective “ dome” is already being […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1368959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1368963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1368963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1368963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1368963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1368959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1368963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1368963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}