One of the most interesting thing I’ve found here at Farnborough Air Show 2012, is the first glimpse to a Special Operations version of the C-27J. Officially designated MC-27J, the main feature of the ...

LONDON — Alenia and ATK are offering a precision-guided missile capability for their MC-27J intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) gunship conversion of the C-27J Spartan transport ...

July 14, 2012: The Italian manufacturer of the C-27J transport recently announced a gunship version. This would equip the twin-engine aircraft with an automatic cannon (probably 30mm), night vision ...

In a media briefing held inside the fuselage of the C-27J CSX62127, Finmeccanica group’s company Alenia Aermacchi has unveiled a few more details about the new gunship version of the Spartan launched ...

TURIN, Italy, April 28 (UPI) -- A fully configured multi-mission tactical transport/gunship by Alenia Aermacchi has completed its first flight test in Italy, the company announced. The MC-27J ...

After a decade of deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq, the wings are literally falling off the USAF’s aging fleet of AC-130s. The Air Force thought about upgrading them to the new MC-27J Spartan ...

Alenia Aeronautica has launched a programme aimed at providing a special forces variant of its C-27J airlifter for the Italian air force. Dubbed the Pretorian Programme by the airframer, the effort ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The Italian Air Force has contracted Alenia Aermacchi for development and production of a gunship version of the C-27J airlifter for use by special forces ...

The Air Force for years has short-changed counter-insurgency capabilities in favor of Cold War-style fighter jets. So it's good news that the service is actually asking for money to build a new ...

A few years ago I helped break the story that Air Force Special Operations Command wanted to turn twin-engine, C-27J cargo planes into a "gunship lite" to bolster the command's fleet of aging AC-130 ...

LE BOURGET — Alenia Aeronautica is preparing for the second phase of flight testing—including the integration of precision-guided munitions—on its palletized MC-27J gunship kit. The concept is driven, ...