Italian training aircraft M-345 NO passed certification

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

The initial flight training aircraft M-345 NO was created on the basis of the M-311 aircraft, which they tried to promote starting in 2005, 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 produced from 1981 to 1994 (70 cars were produced) and delivered to the air forces of Singapore, the Philippines and Haiti. The prototype M-345 NO was presented to the public in 2013. The first flight took place on December 29, 2016.

The new aircraft has a maximum take-off mass of 4,1 tons, a Williams International FJ44-4M engine is installed, allowing to reach speeds of up to 795 km / h. The flight range is declared at 1778 kilometers. M-345 NO can carry a missile and bomb load of up to 1 ton at five suspension points.

The M-345 NET training aircraft version became widely known in 2017, when the Italian Ministry of Defense signed a contract with Leonardo to supply the Italian Air Force the first five new M-345 NO training aircraft. At present, 18 planes have already been ordered; further, the Italian military plans to bring the fleet of these planes to 45 units. 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 before the end of 2020.

Comments

[tanki tanks]

Thank you for the article.

[Pavel57]

M346 The master turned out to be too expensive, which is not surprising.

[Mountain shooter]

What a heavy one. For training. A double feeling causes. They also produce Yak-130 under their name. Well, it’s clear that the joint development ... But 130 is a serious aircraft, with a bomb load, like a whole squadron of IL-2 ... and this, like the L-39, is only heavier ...

[Vladimir_2U]

The Italian Yak is the M346 Master, he is for "extended training" and the hero of the article is just an analogue of the Albatross.

[Mavrikiy]

A mosquito fleet disguised as training? Yak-130 looks more serious.

[novel66]

and what, the impala was at least where, in South Africa are satisfied

[rosomaha]

And will he be an action movie or just a school desk? I'm interested in his weapons and whether he will use them to the full and participate in low-intensity combat missions. The Italians are armed with the AMX, will it be replaced and by what (only infa needs verified, not speculation)?

[Zementbomber]

Will he be an action movie or just a school desk?

Watching in whose Air Force. In Italian - only a "desk" of course.

[rosomaha]

sorry ... if anyone buys it as a fighter, then probably only Africans ... and in the arsenal they will take ABSP and NAR..well, and the rifleman. And the WTO (UR, UAB of different types) is both expensive and "undergrowth" for them.

[Zementbomber]

if anyone will buy it as an action movie, then probably only Africans ...

But why? + Iberian America + Caribbean America + small Central, Eastern and South European countries.

[knn54]

The Austrians are already interested.

[Zementbomber]

Only he is not "initial", but basic training. For the initial - they have a screw SF.260. Type Yak-52 - only better.

[Radical]

This plane is probably no worse -
https://aviation21.ru/rsk-mig-vozobnovit-proizvodstvo-uts-mig-at/

[Topol M]

And compare with the Khokhlyatsk wheelbarrow on the first pages of the site

[Sarcasm]

In fact, many countries turned out to have airplanes based on our Yak-130. For the Chinese, it turned out to be cheaper to establish production and adopt the JL-9 (FTC-2000), the upgraded MiG-21UB, one way or another, but the training version of a full-fledged supersonic fighter (!!!), albeit not the latest. The Italians also decided to have two cars, creating a more inexpensive partner to the Master.
We also flashed the SR-10 with reverse sweep, maybe we will also have to go the same way as soon as we start counting money.