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Italian training aircraft M-345 NO passed certification

Italian training aircraft M-345 NO passed certification
Italian Air Force will soon receive a new pilot training aircraft. According to Flightglobal, Italian concern Leonardo has completed the first stage of certification of a promising training aircraft M-345 NO.

Aircraft initial flight training M-345 NO created on the basis of the aircraft M-311, who tried to promote, beginning with 2005 of the year, but all attempts ended in vain due to design flaws. In turn, the M-311 was a modified version of the SIAI-Marchetti S.211 training aircraft. The latter was made with 1981 by 1994 years (released 70 machines) and delivered to the Singapore Air Force, Philippines and Haiti. The prototype M-345 NO was presented to the public in 2013 year. The first flight took place 29 December 2016 of the year.

The new aircraft has a maximum take-off weight of 4,1 tons, Williams International FJ44-4M engine installed, allowing speed to 795 km / h. Flight range declared in 1778 kilometers. M-345 NO can carry a bomb load up to 1 tons at five suspension points.

The version of the training aircraft M-345 NO became widely known in 2017 year, when the Italian Ministry of Defense signed a contract with Leonardo to supply the Italian Air Force the first five new M-345 jet training aircraft. Currently ordered already 18 aircraft, further, the Italian military plans to bring the fleet of these aircraft to 45 pcs. It is assumed, that in the future the M-345 NO will replace the Aermacchi MB-339 training aircraft in the Italian Air Force and complement the fleet of existing M-346 Master training aircraft, which are used for advanced training of pilots. It is planned to adopt the M-345 NO until the end. 2020 of the year.

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