IDV, a Leonardo Company, is dedicated to delivering innovative automotive and protection solutions to meet the needs of military Customers worldwide.
The company manufactures specialist logistic, protected, and armoured vehicles as well as native uncrewed vehicles and optionally uncrewed systems on pre-existing platforms for a broad spectrum of defence application.
IDV, a Leonardo Company, is dedicated to delivering innovative automotive and protection solutions to meet the needs of military Customers worldwide.
The company manufactures specialist logistic, protected, and armoured vehicles as well as native uncrewed vehicles and optionally uncrewed systems on pre-existing platforms for a broad spectrum of defence application.
Main production Sites
Bolzano- Piacenza
- Vittorio Veneto
Sete Lagoas
Ulm
Petresti
Key commercial offices
- Bolzano
- Piacenza
- Rome
- Turin
- Petresti
Madrid
- Sete Lagoas
York (PA)
Paris
Nuneaton- Ulm
Andelst
Main R&D Centres
- Bolzano
- Piacenza
- Turin
- Modena
- Sete Lagoas
- Nuneaton
- Ulm
A history of development and progress since 1937
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1937
A military truck production plant is built in Bolzano, as the premises of Lancia Veicoli Industriali, established in Turin, Italy, in 1912.
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1969
Lancia is acquired by Fiat and changes its name to Fiat Veicoli Industriali. In 1974, it becomes Lancia Veicoli Speciali.
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1975
Lancia Veicoli Speciali is incorporated into the newly founded IVECO.
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1985
Pioneering protection: the plant becomes Iveco Defence Vehicles Division (DVD), a unit with Engineering and Commercial Departments dedicated to the development and production of highly protected vehicles.
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2006
Iveco DVD incorporates the “SICCA” plant in Vittorio Veneto, creating a highly specialised centre for the development of prototypes and protections.
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2007
Iveco DVD becomes a business unit called Iveco Defence Vehicles (DV) and celebrates its 70th anniversary as one of the premier manufacturers of specialist military vehicles in Europe.
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2011
IVECO’s activities are demerged from Fiat S.p.A. and IVECO becomes part of Fiat Industrial, the demerged Capital Goods arm of Fiat Group.
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2013
A new future: CNH Industrial is formed, following the merger of Fiat Industrial and CNH Global N.V. IVECO DV is included in the new organization as a brand of the Specialty Vehicles branch.
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2015
Iveco Defence Vehicles becomes a joint-stock company and changes its name to Iveco Defence Vehicles.
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2017
Iveco Defence Vehicles celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Bolzano plant.
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2022
The new Iveco Group takes shape, the one that will be born after the spin-off from CNH Industrial. ASTRA and IDV become part of the same Business Unit.
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2022
IDV unveils its new logo and visual identity.
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2023
IDV has entered into an agreement to become the majority shareholder in MIRA UGV, HORIBA MIRA’s Uncrewed Ground Vehicle (UGV) division.
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2026
Starting from March 18, 2026, IDV and Astra officially became part of the Leonardo Group, a global leader in the Aerospace, Defense and Security sectors.
COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY
IDV Group’s commitment to sustainability is a long-term priority.
Sustainability forms a distinctive part of the Company’s DNA and a fundamental aspect of its employees’ day-to-day activities, its supply chain and its logistic and manufacturing processes.
It also extends to IDV’s products and innovations.