Fourth-generation fighters are now a reality, providing new levels of energy and agility as well as sensor and weapon networking, but posing the problem of how to train pilots to make safe and ...

LECCE AB, Italy—Italian manufacturer Alenia Aermacchi is pushing ahead with the development of its M-345 High Efficiency Trainer (HET) and has declared international interest in a proposed dual-role ...

Alenia Aermacchi is demonstrating to potential customers the latest version of its SF-260TP primary and basic trainer with a new glass cockpit, enhanced multi-spectral vision system and an upgraded ...

FIRST FLIGHT: The Aermacchi-Finmeccanica M-346 next-generation advanced-lift military trainer made its first flight on July 15 in Venegono, Italy, the company said. Its pilot was Olinto Cecconello, ...

ROME, March 22 (UPI) --Finmeccanica reports it is to deliver nine additional Aermacchi M-346 advanced training aircraft to the Italian Ministry of Defense beginning this year. The contract for the ...

On this day in aviation history, 68 years ago (December 10, 1957), the Aermacchi MB-326 took flight for the first time. Affectionately nicknamed the Macchino by its pilots, the MB-326 is a light ...

SINGAPORE, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Singapore has confirmed an order for 12 Alenia Aermacchi M-346 advanced jet trainers for delivery starting in 2012, the defense ministry said. Singapore Technologies ...