![]() The thermodynamic stress was evaluated based on eight consecutive landings on the same spot at a distance of 120 seconds from each other. The flight deck has been reinforced in correspondence of landing spot 2, 3, 4 and 5 with metal structures added underneath each spot in order to withstand the thermodynamic payloads associated with the aircraft engine exhausts. ![]() All areas of the flight deck involved in F-35B activities (around 4,200 square meters) have been coated with a thermal metal spray capable of resisting temperatures of up to 1,500° C. The platform entered the Taranto’s Mar Piccolo to reach the Arsenale Marittimo’s facilities in December 2018 to exit in May 2020 and began an intensive preparation and training period prior to the US campaign.Īmong the activities related to the accommodation of the F-35B, the most relevant and visible were the application of a deck coating suited to withstand the extreme temperatures emanated by the F-35B’s engines. In order to accommodate the fifth generation STOVL aircraft, which is going to replace the in-service AV-8B Harrier II Plus, the Cavour was subjected at the Arsenale Militare Marittimo of Taranto to modifications and enhancements in addition to platform and propulsion overhaul, based on a contract awarded by Italian MoD Naval Armaments Directorate (NAVARM) in April 2018 to Fincantieri, leading an industrial team including Leonardo and consortiums of small-to-medium enterprises. ![]() ![]() Last July, the first Italian Navy’s F-35B assigned to the GRUPAER unit landed for the first time on the ITS Cavour in the Mediterranean sea. ![]() Last April, the Cavour aircraft carrier returned from the ‘Ready for Operations’ campaign in the US during which the platform was certified and cleared for operations with the F-35B STOVL by the F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF). ![]()
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