Aermacchi

Today Alenia Aermacchi signed a contract with the Italian Ministry of Defence to upgrade to “Batch 2” configuration 14 MB-339CD

On July 28 Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, signed in Tripoli with the Libyan Ministry of Defence, a contract valued at three million Euros.

On 27 July Alenia Aermacchi delivered to the Italian Air Force the last two SF-260 primary trainers.

On 20 July the M-346 advanced trainer and the M-311 will leave to United Arab Emirates to be subjected to hot weather operational tests.

The “Aermacchi Pilot Club” has been officially founded in June 2007, in Rome at the Italian Air Force Officers’ Club.

Alenia Aermacchi and OGMA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the industrialization programme of the M-346.

An Evaluation Team of the Centre d’Essais en Vol carried out a flight evaluation of the Alenia Aermacchi M-346.

On the 3rd of May, at Alenia Aermacchi facilities at Venegono, has come out of the jig, the first fuselage of the M-346 advanced trainer.

The first prototype of the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 landed at Pratica di Mare airport to begin a technical evaluation cycle.

A United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force delegation visited the Alenia Aermacchi facilities in Venegono between 26 and 28 March.­

The United Arab Emirates Air Force have included the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 and M-311 in the “Short List” for its planned acquisition.

From 22 to 29 December, a new release of the flight control software for the M-346 was tested to allow an extension of the aircraft flight envelope.