Training and Workforce
M-311 program is taking off
Visitors to Alenia Aermacchi, part of the Finmeccanica stand here at Le Bourget, will find the same M-311 lightweight jet basic/advanced trainer avionics d

Visitors to Alenia Aermacchi, part of the Finmeccanica stand here at Le Bourget, will find the same M-311 lightweight jet basic/advanced trainer avionics demonstrator the company showed two years ago. However, the program has moved forward since then, with advancements in both the commercial and technical fields.

The M-311 is the only jet-powered training aircraft in its class and it has been down-selected in the United Arab Emirates and is competing against two modern
turboprops. Meanwhile, Aeromacchi has frozen the aircraft configuration and has started work on the prototype at its Venegono factory in Italy.