Italian Ministry of Defense announced that the Italian Air Force Special Operations forces are in the process of receiving Arad assault rifles and Negev 7 Light Machine Guns made by the Israeli company IWI. 

Israel Defense has learned that 800 Arad rifles worth will be delivered in 2022-2023.

The Negev 7 LMG to be delivered to the Italian unit are  7.62x51mm caliber. The Arad assault rifles that the 17th Stormo Incursori will receive are a 9.5-inch barrel variant that benefits from a suppressor made of stainless steel and titanium to generate minimal sonic boom on its shots.