Italy’s Finmeccanica to run F-35 fighter jet maintenance & assembly center Dec13 by Joseph Saraceno Italy’s defense minister and the U.S. ambassador to Italy announced Thursday that an Italian site run by defense contractor Finmeccanica has been designated as the assembly site and maintenance center for all F-35 fighter jets based in Europe. MORE Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Related