1. Double Debut.
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Nativi, Andy
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AIR shows , *AIRPLANES , *AERONAUTICS - Abstract
This article reports that aviation company Aermacchi SpA has its hands full with its two trainer programs, the M-346 and M-311, over and above preparing them for their first appearance at the Paris air show at Le Bourget. The Finmeccanica unit is in the midst of an intensive technical and commercial effort to fully develop the two aircraft. Along the way, it is signing up industrial partners in the hope the international ties will lead to informal commitments by various governments to buy the aircraft, which is already in flight testing. Aermacchi's strategy mirrors what the U.S. is trying to do with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program and the P-8 Multimission Maritime Aircraft.
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- 2005