Aircraft
Aeromacchi M-346FT Debuts at Farnborough 2016
Leonardo-Finmeccanica unveils weaponized, fighter-trainer version of its advanced training platform
M-346 trainer
M-346 trainer

Italy’s Leonardo-Finmeccanica unveiled here at Farnborough its new Aeromacchi M-346FT, a multi-role version of its M-346 jet trainer. The FT (Fighter Trainer) variant integrates a range of systems and sensors for tactical support and air defense, a tactical datalink, self-defense system, recognition and targeting sensors, and can carry a variety of weapons, including rockets, bombs, laser-guided munitions, air-to-air missiles and gun systems. Like its trainer predecessor, the twin-engine FT incorporates fly-by-wire flight controls.


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