Leonardo, the future Freccia Tricolore is ready for the market

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 08 - Having obtained the initial certification of the Air Force Armaments and Airworthiness Department, certification body of the Italian Ministry of Defense, "the M-345 training area is ready for the world market". Leonardo announces it by explaining that the training aircraft will be "short in service with the Air Force". It is the "future plane of the Frecce Tricolori". The initial certification of the M-345, explains the company, "is the result of a program which included around 200 tests in flight and an intense ground activity also thanks to the collaboration of the Air Force and intended to verify the compliance of the aircraft and of the its components to rigorous performance and safety standards ". The M-345 trainer "best meets the training needs of military pilots - Leonardo highlights - with typical jet aircraft performance and efficiency and costs comparable to those of the turboprop aircraft" "The recognition of the initial certification of the M-345 -comment Leonardo's Head of Aircraft Division, Lucio ValerioCioffi - confirms the characteristics and capabilities of this aircraft, unique in its kind in terms of performance, acquisition costs and management, projecting this aircraft in full title on the international market ". It is a "result achieved", he says, thanks to the synergies with the DAAA and the Air Force in a "Country System view that fits fully into the excellence of training recognized internationally by the Italian Armed Forces" (ANSA).