Italian Navy chief raises Baykar TB3 option for ITS Cavour
Italian Navy chief tells Senate TB3 could operate from carrier Cavour via Baykar–Leonardo cooperation, echoing TurDef’s 2025 report on potential integration.
ITS Cavour News
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Navy / Maritime
Italy's New LHD Trieste Enters Service
The Italian Navy has commissioned its newest LHD ITS Trieste (L-9890) with the capability to operate helicopters and F-35B STOVL fighters.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Italy Declares IOC for F-35B STOVL Fighters
Italian Navy Chief Admiral Enrico Credendino has stated that the F-35Bs of the carrier ITS Cavour (C550) have reached IOC.
Air
Italy's F-35B Lands On Italian Carrier for The First Time
On November 21, 2021, an Italian Air Force F-35B aircraft landed for the first time on the Cavour, the Italian Navy’s aircraft carrier, joining Navy on board.
Navy / Maritime
Air
Italy got F-35B Landed on ITS Cavour
US Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23's VX-23 F-35B aircraft landed on Italian Navy’s aircraft carrier ITS Cavour to ease declaring the IOC.
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