Rome Halts Hammerhead Plans, Buys P.180s

Hammerhead
Credit: Piaggio
Italy has dropped plans to purchase the Piaggio P.1HH Hammerhead unmanned aircraft system but will proceed with the buy of six P.180 Avanti turboprops. The orders for the six P.180 Avanti EVOs and a full-flight simulator, plus a contract to maintain jet trainer engines worth €171 million ($197.8...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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