DefenceTalkChief of Air Force, Air Marshal Geoff Brown, AO, welcomed the first RAAF C-27J Spartan battlefield airlift aircraft in Australia at a ceremony at RAAF Base Richmond today. The acquisition of the C-27J Spartan will fill a gap in Australia’s military capability for tactical fixed wing airlift, which has been left open since the retirement […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-raaf-c-27j-spartan-arrives-in-australia-64756/

DefenceTalkOne of the Romanian Air Force’s C-27Js will be the first aircraft in Europe to use an innovative firefighting system. In the several past weeks, Alenia Aermacchi conducted intense operating and training tests on the aircraft, which included the new fire-fighting system onboard. Alenia Aermacchi recently completed an experimental campaign in a Romanian mountain range […]https://www.defencetalk.com/innovative-fire-fighting-system-approved-for-the-c-27j-spartan-49853/

DefenceTalkAlenia Aermacchi, General Dynamics Canada, and DRS Technologies Canada Ltd. (TCL) have signed a comprehensive teaming agreement to compete for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) upcoming Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue Replacement Program. The team will offer a market variant of the C-27J Spartan, Alenia Aermacchi’s best-selling medium tactical military aircraft. The offering will leverage […]https://www.defencetalk.com/team-offers-c-27j-for-canadas-fixed-wing-sar-47927/