Svi se skupili u Izraelu na konfernciji
An International “Lavi” Operators Conference was held in Israel Citat:Operators of the instructional M-346 trainer jet from all over the world congregated in Israel for a unique forum in which they shared questions and insights about piloting and maintaining the aircraft. Among the operators of the jet, the IAF has amassed the largest number of flight hours
Citat:An Israeli officer disclosed that the IAF fleet itself have accumulated a total of 7,000 flight hours, even though Israel is not the first country to operate the aircraft. But, it has the biggest fleet though.
http://www.iaf.org.il/4448-46754-en/IAF.aspx
BRIG. GEN. SHMUEL TZUKER OF THE ISRAELI MINISTRY OF DEFENCE VISITS VENEGONO FOR THE DELIVERY OF THE LAST OF 30 ISRAELI M-346 AIRCRAFT http://www.leonardocompany.com/en/-/israel-30-m346-israele
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Israel accepts final M-346 Lavi trainer Citat:Israel's air force on 7 June accepted delivery of its last Aermacchi M-346 "Lavi" trainer from Leonardo-Finmeccanica, with all 30 of its examples having been accepted since March 2014.
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/picture.....um=twitter
Uz ovo pregovaraju i sa tajvancima
Dual-Role M-346 to Shift From Trainer to Fighter 'At Flick of a Switch' Citat:Italy’s Leonardo-Finmeccanica is promising that its planned M-346 dual-role aircraft will be able to turn from trainer to fighter “at the flick of a switch.”
Citat:“We realized customers need an aircraft that can do two missions,” said Ghione.
Leonardo-Finmeccanica will also present at Farnborough a mock-up of the version of the M-346 that will be offered — with Raytheon as prime contractor — in the US TX trainer bid.
Ghione said the offering would differ from the M-346 already in service, which has three cockpit displays. To make the aircraft more closely aligned to the F-35, which has one display, the TX offering would also have one display, he said.
The M-346 has now been sold to Italy, Israel, Poland and Singapore, and Ghione said talks were underway with Taiwan, which has a requirement for around 60 aircraft.
Leonardo-Finmeccanica was talking to Taiwanese state firm AIDC about teaming on the development of a Taiwanese trainer based on the M-346, he said.
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/2016/06/2...../86133754/
Citat:
Speaking of the US Air Force’s T-X trainer requirement, Scarabotto says that the request for proposals that was released is “pretty much everything we have” in the M-346.
“There are only very small differences between what we have and what they want for the next 50 years,” he says. “They only want a trainer [but] there is a big request for this dual capability [worldwide].”
Air-to-air missiles, a gun pod, GBU-12 and -49 laser-guided bombs, joint direct attack munitions, and the Raytheon Small Diameter Bomb will all be configurable for use from the aircraft. A reconnaissance pod is also key to the development, and that is already integrated onto the trainer.
The twin-engined design and fly-by-wire controls ensures multiple levels of redundancy, the company says, while the M-346 can be refuelled in-flight for increased endurance.
“The platform has growth potential in terms of sensors and additional weapons,” Scarabotto says.
Kompanija Leonardo-Finmeccanica izlozila je maketu T-100 na Farnborough AS,
gde sa njim ucestvuju na americkom T-X programu.
Citat:Представленный на выставке в Фарнборо полноразмерный макет учебно-боевого самолета Т-100, предлагаемого совместно итальянской компанией Leonardo-Finmeccanica и американской корпорацией Raytheon на будущий конкурс ВВС США на перспективный самолет повышенной подготовки по программе Т-Х. Самолет Т-100 представляет собой вариант учебно-боевого самолета Leonardo-Finmeccanica М-346 Master, ведущего свое происхождение от программы Як-130. Фарнборо, 09.07.2016 (с) Михаил Жердев
http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2007915.html
