Italy special report: Italy unleashed

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For this year's special on Italy's aerospace sector, we focus on the often overlooked south. Although the provinces around Genoa, Milan and Turin are the country's industrial heartland, cities such as Naples, Bari and Brindisi are becoming important aerospace centres. We look at what the Campania and Apulia regions are doing to promote their industrial capabilities and attract investment.

Dan Thisdell assesses national champion Finmeccania's success at creating a global aerospace technology business, in the shadow of larger European rivals BAE Systems and EADS.

After some already high profile casualties, Luca Peruzzi examines the impact Italy's budgetary squeeze will have on key procurement programmes, and the knock-on effect for industry.

We weigh up Italy's ambitions in the space sector, get to speed with propulsion powerhouse Avio and profile two of the country's niche airframers: utility aircraft specialist Vulcanair and Piaggio, maker of the head-turning P180 Avanti twin-pusher and gearing up to launch its first jet.

Contents

• Finmeccanica: Turning the world red
• Procurement: Defending the spend
• Regionals clusters: The south stands up
• 787 & CSeries: Alenia on the spot
• Invesco sisters: Sound structures
• Integrating success: Dema build up
• Vulcanair: Return of the A-viator
• Microtecnia: Precision approach
• Piaggio: Ferrari of the skies
• Italy in space: Towards the stars

 

Source: FlightGlobal.com