Alenia Aermacchi Wins 120 million Euros Contract For M-346 Trainers

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02:57 PM, December 24, 2014
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Alenia Aermacchi won a contract worth 120 million Euros to provide the Italian Air Force with further three advanced trainer aircraft M-346.

The contract is part of a wider agreement already signed by the parties in 2009 for the total supply of 15 M-346s. At that time, a contract for a first tranche of six aircraft and related flight simulators had been signed.

The M-346 (identified as T-346A by the Italian Air Force) contributes to the technological update process on the advanced pilot’s training of Italian Air Force fleet. The aircraft will work as the training pillar for the new generations of air tactical pilots, both Italian and international, at 61° Stormo in Lecce.

Alenia Aermacchi Wins 120 million Euros Contract For M-346 Trainers

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