Articles By: Alenia Aeronautica

Final C-27Js Aircraft Delivered to the Italian Air Force

Final C-27Js Aircraft Delivered to the Italian Air Force

Today, at its Caselle South facility, Alenia Aeronautica completed deliveries to the Italian Air Force (AMI) with the delivery of the twelfth C-27J. The aircraft was delivered to the 46th Air Wing based in Pisa. Today’s ceremony completes the deliveries of aircraft that began in January 2007. The AMI C-27Js include an advanced and sophisticated [...]

M-346 Master Trainer Makes First Flight

M-346 Master Trainer Makes First Flight

The 60-minute flight was made by the two prototypes and LRIP00, representative of the series production configuration, while the M-311 aircraft acted as camera ship. Alenia Aermacchi is proceeding with the last M-346 development activities and is fitting out the new hangar dedicated to the automated build-up and structural assembly lines for series production at [...]

First ASTA Simulator for the Eurofighter Becomes Operational

First ASTA Simulator for the Eurofighter Becomes Operational

GIOIA DEL COLLE, Italy: Today at the Gioia del Colle Italian Air Force Base, the first ASTA (Aircrew Synthetic Training Aids) – full Mission Simulator for the Eurofighter Typhoon, has been inaugurated. The Typhoon is the strongest European technological and industrial success in the field of new-generation air-superiority aircraft. The Eurofighter Typhoon currently in service [...]

Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon Logs 10k Flight Hours

Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon Logs 10k Flight Hours

Alenia Aeronautica records with great satisfaction another important result reached by the Eurofighter programme in Italy: the Air Force’s pilots have surpassed 10,000 flight hours on the Eurofighter Typhoon, the new-generation defence aircraft in service with two squadrons in Italy. The aircraft, that operates in Italy from Grosseto and Gioia del Colle air bases, has [...]

 
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