Aircraft
Alenia Flies Full-Spec MC-27J
The MC-27J Praetorian concept retains the capability of the regular C-27J but can be rapidly converted for special missions.
Alenia Aermacchi's MC-27J multi-mission tactical transport recently made its first flight in full mission specification. (Photo: Alenia Aermacchi)
Alenia Aermacchi's MC-27J multi-mission tactical transport recently made its first flight in full mission specification. (Photo: Alenia Aermacchi)

Alenia Aermacchi has flown its MC-27J multi-mission tactical transport in full mission specification for the first time. On April 25 the aircraft took to the skies at the company’s Turin-Caselle flight-test center in Italy with defensive aids fitted and an L-3 Wescam MX-15Di electro-optical turret under the port side of the nose. The company demonstrator is outfitted with the hardware necessary to accommodate palletized mission packages, and has Link 16 datalink software installed. The aircraft’s communications system is primed for the adoption of an advanced cryptographic system from Selex ES that could be used in a command post role.

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