The convention for the enhancement of the performance of the technical control laboratories of the Air Force
The negotiating act was signed by Air Force General Paolo Magro, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and Engineer Lino Girometta, Managing Director of Defense Services S.p.A. The meeting was also attended by the President of Defense Services S.p.A., General Armando Novelli. The conclusion of the agreement allows the company to assume the economic management of the chemical laboratories of the A.M. of Padua, Fiumicino, Bari, Parma, Trapani and Decimomannu, where the following activities are carried out: the chemical and physical control of materials of interest to aviation and the qualitative control of parts of military and civilian aircraft; the technical and normative preparation of personnel at the depots; the control of aviation oxygen and the analysis of lubricating oils through the use of the S.O.A.P. (Spectrometric Oil Analysis Program) program. Technical Control Laboratories are often used by other state administrations and private entities for environmental and acoustic surveys, to ascertain the presence and analyze chemical pollutants in air and water, as well as for the analysis of explosives. The personnel working in the laboratories, the pilots, are fundamental to flight safety and are capable of producing analytical determinations in accordance with the requirements of international technical standards, with high quality standards.
The Technical Laboratories of the A.M. – emphasized Engineer Girometta – play a fundamental role in making aircraft safe and reliable in every operating situation. Their management represents an effective contribution by the company in carrying out fundamental tasks of the Defense and the Air Force in particular. These Technical Laboratories of the Air Traffic Control are part of the Support Service of the Logistics Command, are hierarchically subordinate to the Chief of the Service and functionally to the Chief of the 2nd Department of the same service.
