Another Tornado Gets Mid-Life Update
December 22 2010
Alenia Aeronautica has just delivered the first of 15 Italian air force Tornado fighters that are receiving mid-life upgrades.
The planes in this tranche are the second batch set to receive the modernization from the Italian company. Eighteen other aircraft were upgraded in a program that wrapped up in 2006.
This update adds night-vision goggles capability; emergency locator transmitter; multi-mode receiver; instrumented landing system (ILS) function to the microwave landing...
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