The Italian government has exercised an option to buy upgrade kits for the rest of its fleet of Bombardier 415 firefighting twin-turboprop amphibians. The deal for 15 kits follows an initial order last year from the department of civil protection for a single 415 upgrade package. The kit is derived from the Bombardier 415MP multipurpose aircraft and includes autopilot, nose radar, flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder.