The first L-3 Communications and Alenia Aeronautica C-27J Spartan destined for the US Army's Joint Cargo Aircraft programme has entered a seven- to eight-week flight-test period after passing the ...

Alenia Aeronautica has flown the first C-27J Spartan Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) for the U.S. Army at its Caselle plant in Turin, Italy. The 40-minute first-flight on June 16 was conducted in poor ...

A tough, unloved little military airlifter is flying some of the most important relief missions as the world mobilizes to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The twin-engine Alenia C-27J Spartan is an ...

Already selected by five NATO air forces and tipped to soon receive fresh orders, Alenia Aeronautica's C-27J Spartan is rapidly proving itself to be a tactical heavyweight This year marks the tenth ...

DELIVERIES ARE SLATED to begin in 2004 for the 12-15 Alenia Aeronautica/Lockheed Martin C-27J Spartan medium-lift transports that the Hellenic Air Force has committed to purchase and for another dozen ...

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 16 (Reuters) - Italian aircraft maker Alenia Aeronautica is still in talks with Boeing over a joint venture to build the C-27J Spartan military transport jet, but will ...

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 15 (Reuters) - British engine maker Rolls-Royce Group Plc said on Tuesday it had won a nine-year deal worth $900 million to help power Alenia's C-27J Spartan medium-lift ...

The Alenia C-27J Spartan is truly the high-performance SUV of the air. It is powerful, tough and can haul full-sized pallets used by the C-130 Hercules.If that wasn't enough, it can even do rolls and ...

Structural cracking has forced the U.S. Coast Guard to ground its entire fleet of 14 C-27J Spartan maritime patrol aircraft, slashing the Coast Guard’s fixed-wing surveillance and light transport ...