The Government resolves the Piaggio Aerospace dispute and unlocks a first part of the order amounting to 250 million for the P1HH drone. It emerged from the table that was held at the Ministry of Economic Development on Piaggio Aero between the trade unions, the commissioner Pietro Nicastro and the Government the deputy head of Cabinet Giorgio Sorial, the undersecretary Davide Crippa, and a representative of the Ministry of Defense, Colonel Luigi Riggio.

The Government, the unions explain, intends to bring the reformulation of the project on the Piaggio drone to the Joint Parliamentary Defense Committee on Thursday, also with a view to Italian participation in the evil European project 2025 using the experiences gained with P1HH on the European project. The rescheduling of the original order for 766 million on the new drone would instead see 250 million for the certification of the P1HH drone (70 million) and the purchase of probably four systems (180 million) by the Ministry of Defense. For P180 there could be institutional orders, which are still under evaluation today.

Contacts with new customers and March wages guaranteed thanks to the refund of the VAT paid in the 2018. This also emerged from the meeting on Piaggio Aero at Mise: Commissioner Nicastro announced this. "Fiom has reiterated that the project to which the Government is working places the company in a certain path, however, the timing of this operation is likely to be too long and it would be advisable for the Government to make immediate orders for some civil aircraft in order to keep the company active. La Fiom - says Antonio Caminito of CGIL Genoa - has also asked that the new project foresees a well-defined relationship with Leonardo that must be sought and made public. Lastly, the Government and the company were asked to review the position of the current cassintegrati, which can not be the only ones to pay for this situation. There has certainly been no optimism for this meeting because the road to stabilization and a revival of Piaggio is still long and uncertain. "

Christian Venzano, of the regional secretary of the FIM, and Simone Pesce confederal secretary of the CISL Imperia-Savona judge positive the news about the meeting at the Mise for Piaggio. "The production continuity is fundamental in order not to lose know-how, attractiveness potential, markets and customers, as well as to reassure suppliers that have previous credits and will be able to continue to collaborate with Piaggio Aerospace (see Laer H). High attention to the path and the overall revival of the company through investments on P180 with marketing actions on the civil market, a government commitment on a possible modernization of the institutional fleet currently in use and on the engines to acquire new orders that could generate revenues and occupation".