Davide and Strales is the same system. Finmeccanica has probably changed the name as it did with EH-101, which has become AW-101.
One other possibility is that David is only the name of the MMI program while Strales the commercial name, as with the missile Teseo which is known as Otomat on international market.

What? I don’t understand what you mean.

The system Davide/Strales is compatible with all Oto 76/62 already sold

@ enrr:

Your site about the Andrea Doria class is a very useful reference for modelling!

Do you found photos showing the TESEO launchers?

Unfortunately the links to Andrea Doria’s photos under the title “Photo by Lvb of Doria from Livorno, 02-18-2008” are not working.

Thanks you for reporting, I will correct as soon as possible

You can find the photo on my album
http://picasaweb.google.it/mezzimilitariitaliani
under Doria folder.
You can found the same Teseo launcher on De La Penne class because at the moment it isn’t onboard Doria class

How many LIghtning IIs will the Cavour carry?

The number is not sure, but typically from 12 to 16 plus about 8 to 10 EH-101 (3 101-HEW). In emergency I think Cavour can carry up to 20 F-35B but with 6/7 EH-101.

Here (link) you can find a variable gif with a lot combination of air group

Cavour can carry fuel for about 150-180 sorties of F-35B in stealth mode plus fuel for helicopter.

Italy haven’t isle in the middle of ocean, Cavour is a good ship for Mediterranean operation.

Thursday March 27, 2008 was officially commisioned the aircraft carrier Cavour. The fully operational capability (FOC) and delivery of the combat flag is planned for April 2009

Cavour is multi-purpose because in the 1998/9 the project had the well-dock and 620 marines with a displacement of 22.000 tons and 25 knot with CODAG.
At the last second, in 2000, Marina Militare turn for the N-time the project to semi-pure STOVL because Italy enter in JSF project and, then, delete the well dock and the displacement was gone to 27.000 for the larger F-35B instead Harrier. Another aspect of the exchange was likely that a multi-purpose platform by 22 ktons would not have done good air operations nor amphibious. They are, however, remained ramps from 60 tonnes for hangar/garage and 325/400 marines

Cavour is expensive because it have the last electronic innovation (SAAM-it, EMPAR, Aster), a larger C4I, 4 TAG for 28+ knot, pure military standard. A true aircraft carrier for 24+ F-35B/AW-101.
It is not an economic ferry disguised as LHD/CVE (guess what I mean?)

No, I don’t know that… According to my knowledge, Italians only built Garibaldi and Cavour plus converted two/three commercial liners back in 1920. Russians had three Moskva class and four Kiev class aircraft carrying cruisers plus two Kuznetsow-class TAKR carriers (one uncomplete) and started another two carriers of Ulyanovsk class.

We rebuilt only to cruiser in the 1940, 1 in CV and 1 in CVE, but never enter in service. The CV, Acquila, it was at the end of rebuilding on sep. 8, 1943.

The most experienced of embarked aviation has been gained over the last 18 years with active participating in many missions such as Somalia, Kosovo and Afghanistan

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There is one reason if we help indian for their IAC on design (a STOBAR Cavour) and propulsive plant (4 LM2500 TAG)

Video of the first take-off and landing of AV-8B on Cavour (link)

Tuesday February 12 in the waters in front of the gulf of La Spezia, has taken place the first exit at sea of AAW destroyer Caio Duilio.

A little more than three months after launch, which took place on 23 October 2007 with the baptism of the sea units began intense phase of trial in navigation that led to delivery to the Navy in the early months of 2009.

News from Marina Militare (link) only in italian.

My page on Doria and Duilio in english