 By 1940, the company was engaged in the manufacture of electronic equipment for the military, making the factory a target for Allied bombing.The Ducati factory at Borgo Panigale was hit badly more than once, but maintained production.During World War II, Aldo Farinelli, a lawyer from Turin, developed with SIATA a small engine to be mounted on a bicycle, called the "Cucciolo" ("little puppy") and in 1950 Ducati began producing its own complete 98-pound motorcycle with the same name.