Aircraft
Alenia Aermacchi Develops M-345 ‘Basic-Advanced’ Trainer
Alenia Aermacchi featured a representative M-345 HET trainer, based on the company’s M-311 design, at its Paris Air Show static display. (Photo: Bill Carey)
Alenia Aermacchi featured a representative M-345 HET trainer, based on the company’s M-311 design, at its Paris Air Show static display. (Photo: Bill Carey)

Alenia Aermacchi and Italy’s Ministry of Defense signed an agreement at the Paris Air Show to jointly define specifications and collaborate on the development of a new “basic-advanced” jet trainer, the M-345 HET (high efficiency trainer). The new trainer would be a further development of the company’s M-311 design, aimed at entering service between 2017 and 2020.