Alenia / Alenia AermacchiAlenia Aeronautica, an Italian aerospace company, was created in 1990 as division of Finmeccanica by concentrating the Finmeccanica aerospace and defense industries Aeritalia (formed in 1969 by the merger of Fiat Aviazone and Aerfer) and Selenia (electronics company). Alenia was immediately associated with Eurofighter and other advanced programs. Alenia C-27J SpartanThe Alenia C-27J Spartan is a military transport aircraft developed and manufactured by Alenia Aermacchi (Leonardo's Aircraft Division from 2016). It is an advanced derivative of Aeritalia's G.222 (C-27A Spartan in U.S. service), equipped with the engines and various other systems that are used on the larger Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules. In addition to the standard transport configuration, specialized variants have been developed for maritime patrol, search and rescue, C3 ISR (command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance), fire support, electronic warfare and ground-attack missions. First flight was in 1999 and introduction in 2006 in Italy. Alenia MC-27J Spartan, registration MM62127, built 1979, serial number 4033
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