Other research and technological development activities were concerned mainly with the issue of flight safety, specifically: › advanced technologies and solutions to protect against airborne collisions, for which Alenia Aermacchi has partnered with other major groups in the European MIDCAS (MIDair Collision Avoidance System) project; › under the National Military Research Plan, work on the Future Technology for Aerial Refueling (FTAR) and the Damage Management of Aircraft Composite Structures Monitored by Embedded Sensor (MACMES) projects.