photo:Alenia Aermacchi Polish Defence Ministry has selected the Italian Alenia Aermacchi M-346 trainer aircraft and its ground-based tr...
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The contract, which includes training and technical and logistic support, is worth EUR 280 million and includes the purchase of 8 M-346 airplanes, plus option on four more planes, in addition to flight simulators and training devices.
Other contenders were the BAE Systems Hawk Trainer jet and Lockheed Martin with T-50, which it developed jointly with Korea Aerospace Industries.
The M-346 is the most advanced/lead-In fighter trainer aircraft currently produced and the only new-generation trainer optimized for the role of training pilots who fly on latest-generation high-performance military planes.
A total of 48 aircraft has been ordered, to date, by the Italian Airforce and Singapore and Israeli Governments. The contract is scheduled to be signed in the first months of 2014.
