Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A jewel born from 70 years of company experience in the trainer sector, with models sold in total in over 2,000 units worldwide. It is the M-346, currently in production at Leonardo. Today, we are working on the new aircraft configuration, which will incorporate new digital and artificial intelligence features, to allow the M-346 to remain a top performer in current and future operational scenarios.
Changing operational scenarios, training times, the costs of flying fifth generation aircraft, the availability of new, more advanced cockpits: these are all variants that require an update of the entire trainer system, based on a holistic approach that maintains the correct balance between flying skills and information management, within a dynamic system such as training. Today, digitalization and ArtificialIntelligence are the enablers of a further evolution that affects both the aircraft and the ground segment, and which will materialise in the new Block20 configuration of the M-346, in the two Fighter and Trainer versions.
The integrated capabilities of the training system will be enhanced through upgraded state-of-the-art sensors, weapon systems, datalinks, and onboard avionics, as well as enhanced human-machine interfaces through augmented reality systems. All supported by advanced supercomputing capabilities, artificial intelligence algorithms and intrinsic cyber resilience characteristics, with substantial benefits in terms of operational availability of the fleet and integrated services. The entire training ecosystem will benefit from the update, enhancing its distinctive live/virtual/constructive capacity and confirming itself as the best "incubator" for raising the latest generation fighter pilots, capable of dealing with updated training syllabuses and threats emerging in the airspace, with or without a pilot.
Find out more: leonardo.com/en/focus-detail/-/detail/m-346-block-20
#LDOFIA24 #FIA2024
A jewel born from 70 years of company experience in the trainer sector, with models sold in total in over 2,000 units worldwide. It is the M-346, currently in production at Leonardo. Today, we are working on the new aircraft configuration, which will incorporate new digital and artificial intelligence features, to allow the M-346 to remain a top performer in current and future operational scenarios.
Changing operational scenarios, training times, the costs of flying fifth generation aircraft, the availability of new, more advanced cockpits: these are all variants that require an update of the entire trainer system, based on a holistic approach that maintains the correct balance between flying skills and information management, within a dynamic system such as training. Today, digitalization and ArtificialIntelligence are the enablers of a further evolution that affects both the aircraft and the ground segment, and which will materialise in the new Block20 configuration of the M-346, in the two Fighter and Trainer versions.
The integrated capabilities of the training system will be enhanced through upgraded state-of-the-art sensors, weapon systems, datalinks, and onboard avionics, as well as enhanced human-machine interfaces through augmented reality systems. All supported by advanced supercomputing capabilities, artificial intelligence algorithms and intrinsic cyber resilience characteristics, with substantial benefits in terms of operational availability of the fleet and integrated services. The entire training ecosystem will benefit from the update, enhancing its distinctive live/virtual/constructive capacity and confirming itself as the best "incubator" for raising the latest generation fighter pilots, capable of dealing with updated training syllabuses and threats emerging in the airspace, with or without a pilot.
Find out more: leonardo.com/en/focus-detail/-/detail/m-346-block-20
#LDOFIA24 #FIA2024
