Cavour ship ready for the F-35B, all the news

26 March 20213 years ago babelfish

The Cavour aircraft carrier of the Italian Navy has acquired the certification for the use of the F-35b

The use of the F-35Bs for Nave Cavour is certified.

The aircraft carrier of the Italian Navy, returning to the port of Norfolk, today completed the "sea trials" for the operational use of the F-35B. The Armed Force itself makes it known.

The F-35B is the “short take-off and vertical landing (Stovl) variant” of the F-35. The fifth generation fighter aircraft of the Joint Strike Fighter program next to the Italian Navy in the Stovl variant to replace the AV8B-plus.

The Italian Navy has in fact purchased 15 F-35Bs and the aircraft carrier should receive the first aircraft in April.

The qualification for the F-35B will in fact allow Nave Cavour to participate in joint operations between the Italian Mm and the United States Marine Corps.

All the details.

SEA TRIALS COMPLETED

During the sea trials, the two Pax River ITF F-35Bs on board carried out over 50 flight missions: in different weather conditions and sea conditions; a night session; about 120 vertical landings and as many short take-offs with the help of the ski jump and single vertical take-off tests.

COMPATIBILITY TESTS FINISHED

The compatibility tests lasted four weeks, starting with the departure from Norfolk on February 28th and with the first landing of the F-35B on March 1st .

This is, underlines the Navy, "a milestone in the process of acquiring the strategic capacity of use of the new aircraft, which will be followed, by the end of 2024, by the 'Initial Operational Capability' and subsequently the 'Final Operation Capability' which it will coincide with the delivery of the last F-35B to the Navy foreseen by the program ”.

THE FINAL CERTIFICATION FOR CAVOUR SHIP IS READY

“We have completed all the scheduled tests and at the moment we are able to issue a provisional flight permit (IFC – Interim Flight Clearance), which will allow the Cavour ship and its crew to continue training. Upon our return to Pax River, we will carefully analyze the data collected and will be able to issue the final certification upon completion, ”said Ron Hess, engineer in charge of the F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force compatibility check team.

OBJECTIVE: ACQUISITION OF THE FINAL OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY

The process will then end with the acquisition of the "Final Operational Capability" after the delivery of the fifteenth aircraft to the Navy.

WHAT THE OPERATION OF THE F-35B MEANS FOR ITALY

When the F35-B will begin regular operational activity, Italy will become part of an elite of a few countries in the world (together with Japan and the United Kingdom) capable of expressing an aircraft carrier capability with fifth generation combat aircraft .

The United States Marine Corps already has five F-35B operational squadrons. The UK declared its first operational capability (IOC) with its F-35Bs on HMS Queen Elizabeth just over two years ago.

Our country will in fact become the only country in the European Union to boast this ability.

“A strategic enterprise for the country and the Navy which will have to be joined by the more specific one of amalgamation with the entire maritime force”, underlined the Chief of Staff of the Navy, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone.

This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/nave-cavour-pronta-per-gli-f-35b-tutte-le-novita/ on Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:13:17 +0000.