E ‘ready a new contract for the sale of five Italian Air Force trainer aircraft M-345 Leonardo-Finmeccanica. This was announced on the eve of the opening of the show in Farnborough Filippo Bagnato, the executive who leads the division aircraft and the aviation industry (former Alenia Aermacchi). The group also presented a new version of one of suoio best products, which was mentioned by a few years, that is the armed version Trainer M-346. Has the initials M-346 FT, which stands for “fighter trainer”, meaning “fighter trainer.”
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After a presentation to the press of the “new “product, Wet announced the news of the next upcoming contract with the Defense Ministry. “Last year we launched the development of the M-345 which is a very basic trainer. We recently had a novelty, the Italian Government submitted to Parliament the request for program approval before mass production. ” Wet explained that after the examination and approvazionee in defense committees of the House and Senate, the government will sign the contract. “The first tranche is 5 planes. We know the Air Force requirement that also includes other aircraft, “said Bagnato. According to the head of the division of Leonardo-aircraft Finmeccanica should not spend much time for dell’odine signing of purchase: “The contract is ready,” he said. The aircraft is built in Venegono, the former Aermacchi in the province of Varese. The first flight of the 345 is expected this year, the certification and first delivery is scheduled for 2018. “We are looking also for the 345 production in the armed version.”
the hunt low cost
As for the 346 hunting version, the company expects a strong interest. “All customers are interested in the aircraft, it will have a very competitive cost. Among those with whom we are talking about is Taiwan, “said Bagnato. The company is making the flight tests with the airplane in the armed version and took him on Farnborough slopes, the salon which officially opens on July 11. The aircraft has exposed two missiles mounted under each wing. The M-346 as a trainer was sold in 68 copies, of which 48 have already been delivered, there remain 20 to be built. “It ‘a trainer dual-use and low cost hunting,” observed Wet. The trainer was sold 346 Italian Air Force (18 aircraft ordered, six already delivered), Singapore (12 all delivered), Israel (30 all delivered in an intergovernmental agreement also provided for the purchase of Israeli technology products Italian side), 8 from Poland (all to be delivered). Even the already delivered aircraft can be adapted with the participation of “retrofit”. “Even the Polish and the Italian Air Force should be concerned by the armed aircraft,” said engineering manager, Luciano Valerio Cioffi. “We are preparing to offer our customers an aircraft capable of combining the operational requirements and the demands of training delel air forces around the world, offering high performance and a considerable saving in terms of cost,” is the comment of Mauro Moretti, a.d. Leonardo – Finmeccanica.
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“Full speed ahead” for the race in the United States
the company excludes the armed trainer is in place for the race in the United States a requirement for up to 300 aircraft. “The race in the US is for a trainer.” The Leonardo-Finmeccanica Group presents a model in Farnborough (mockup) in full size of the T-100, the 346 who will compete in the race in the US, integrated with US partners Raytheon (whose name is written on the fuselage first, above that of Leonardo, followed by those of the other partners, CAE and Honeywell). After exploratory drilling a few years ago with the giant Boeing, but has preferred to follow other paths and then allied with the Swedish Saab, Leonardo-Finmeccanica entered the race with the American Raytheon. Third up is another giant, Lockheed Martin, together with the industry Kai Korean. “We are already in the race. The final offer should be presented just before the end of the year, around October, “said Bagnato, stating that there is already a strong commitment to the preparation. “I’m flat out,” Goodman said. The winner of the American race “will be known next year.”
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