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Alenia Aermacchi: Official Launch of the nEUROn, the New Generation Technology Demonstrator for a European UCAV
France: Yesterday nEUROn, the technology demonstrator for a European UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle) was officially presented by Charles Edelstenne, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dassault Aviation, to the representatives of the six countries collaborating in the project (France, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland and Greece). The representatives of the partner countries were able to [...]
Alenia, Cassidian to Cooperate on UAVs, UCAVs
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Cassidian on behalf of EADS Deutschland GmbH and Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A. to jointly investigate the potential cooperation in the field of Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAV). Alenia and Cassidian are aiming to strengthen their technological know-how in [...]
New C-27J Version to support Special Forces Operations
Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, announced today that it is evaluating the feasibility of an aircraft for the Italian Air Force to support National Special Forces Operations. The Italian Defence has decided to launch the so called Pretorian Programme, as a special version of the C-27J, in order to analyse potential technical solutions for providing [...]
First Flight of the Italian Air Force T-346A Trainer
The first M-346 aircraft produced for the Italian Air Force (ITAF) had a successful first flight today, yesterday 31 March 2011. The ITAF has designated the plane as the T-346A. “The first flight of the T-346A, soon to enter service with our country’s Air Force, is an important milestone for the M-346 program, a milestone [...]
10th C-27A Delivered to Afghan Air Force
Alenia North America, a subsidiary of Alenia Aeronautica and part of the Finmeccanica group, announced that it had delivered the 10th of 20 C-27/G-222 aircraft to the Afghanistan Air Force (AAF). This plane had been used for pilot training and is now being deployed to Kabul to conduct mission operations with the AAF. The Afghanistan [...]
Roll-Out of First Two Italian Air Force T-346A Trainers
Italy: Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company controlled by Alenia Aeronautica, unveiled today the first two M-346 advanced trainers from the first batch of six aircraft for the Italian Air Force. The roll-out took place at the Alenia Aermacchi factory at Venegono Superiore and was attended by company executives and representatives of the Armed Forces and [...]
MB-339A Aircraft for UAE National Aerobatic Team
Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, has finalized with the United Arab Emirates two important contracts to provide the UAE Air Force with ten MB-339A aircraft in aerobatic configuration. The two contracts cover the upgrading and supply of MB-339A to the National Aerobatic Team (NAT) configuration. The agreement covered initially the conversion of six aircraft, already [...]
Sky-Y Unmanned Aerial System Fourth Flight Campaign
ROME: The Sky-Y, Alenia Aeronautica’s UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) technological demonstrator, has successfully accomplished – at the Italian Air Force’s air base in Decimomannu, Sardinia – its first flight with a Flight Control System wholly developed by Alenia Aeronautica in collaboration with Alenia SIA (Alenia Aeronautica’s owned company). During this test campaign Alenia Aeronautica will [...]
First Two C-27J Spartan Aircraft for the Romanian Air Forces
Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, has performed the ferry flight to the Romanian Air Forces of the first two of seven C-27J tactical transport aircraft ordered in December 2007. The C-27Js, which will replace the existing Antonov aircraft, landed today at the 90th Transport Air Base at Bucharest-Otopeni Airport, where the handing over ceremony took [...]
