19-01 Holding and NOVOTECH Aerospace Advanced Technology have entered a global strategic partnership

Rome, November 20, 2024 – 09:00 CET

19-01 Holding and NOVOTECH Aerospace Advanced Technology are pleased to announce that they have entered a global strategic partnership, combining the unique know-how in the world of aerial firefighting and the experience in aircraft design and certification of the 19-01 Holding team with the expertise in integration of design methods and advanced manufacturing technologies from aerospace and naval sectors of NOVOTECH to contribute to the design of the modern WF-X multi-role amphibious aircraft, which will form the backbone of the future fight against forest fires.

Specifically, Novotech will be responsible for supporting technology readiness and preliminary structural architecture definition, development of detailed Structural Design, wind tunnel and tank

models, small scale aircraft functional models, certification test plan, aeroelasticity, and test aircraft noise.

Persico and 19-01 Join Forces on the WF-X Project to Pioneer Advanced Composite Solutions for Large Amphibian Aircraft

19-01 Holding and CIRA are pleased to announce that they are working together to define the implementation agreements to cooperate on the development of the WF-X aircraft

19-01 Holding and CIRA are pleased to announce that they are working together to define the implementation agreements to cooperate on the development of the WF-X aircraft through close collaboration in research and testing, combining the unique know-how in the world of aerial firefighting and the experience in aircraft design and certification of the 19-01 Holding team with the best CIRA's expertise in the development of technological demonstrators for testing on the ground and in flight in order to complement modeling, simulation and validation capabilities, in the development of research projects in synergy with the national scientific and entrepreneurial community and in the strengthening of the collaboration network with other national, European and international research centers, to contribute to the research and development of the modern WF-X multi-role amphibious aircraft, which will form the backbone of the future fight against forest fires.