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Italy became the next F-35 Partner Support Complex (PSC) partner nation to complete its first Mission Data File (MDF) on its own in support of the Italian Air Force F-35 Lightning II fleet.

The F-35 PSC, activated in 2016, is home to seven partner nations that have purchased F-35s from the U.S. and work with the U.S. on the development of MDFs.

Aircraft rely on MDFs to provide pilots with the awareness of what potential threats may be in an area and how to counter them, such as radars and surface-to-air missiles (SAMs). The information comes from what aircraft sensors pick up during flights and is driven by the mission data. Upon landing, the pilots review their tapes and provide feedback on MDF performance to the mission data developers to improve future performance.

The F-35 poses a greater challenge compared to legacy aircraft MDF development not only due to increase advanced capabilities, but also that the U.S. government policy requires MDF to be developed within the U.S.

theoderich hat geschrieben: ↑Mo 9. Jul 2018, 23:14 Italien will keine zusätzlichen F-35-Flugzeuge kaufen

Italy has been Europe’s lead nation on the F-35. Along with building the aircraft in-country, it was among the first European nations to declare an initial operational capability as well as the first to take the aircraft across the Atlantic and deploy it to Iceland for NATO’s air policing mission there.

It may also become the first European nation to build up to its original program of record—131 aircraft. The current plan is to acquire 90 F-35s, including 60 F-35As and 15 F-35Bs for the air force and 15 F-35Bs for the navy. But this spring, Air Force Chief Gen. Luca Goretti called on lawmakers to back a plan to restore Italy’s order to 131 aircraft and potentially speed up their purchase.

“That discussion is now on the table,” Bruni said. “We are very happy with the [F-35] program. [And] the feedback about the way we are operating the machines—from the enterprise and from across Europe—makes us humble, as our personnel are recognized as among the best operators.”

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  • il potenziamento della flotta F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, con l’ulteriore acquisizione di 15 F35-A e 5 F35-B, congiuntamente al relativo supporto logistico;

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