Alenia Aermacchi is to offer its C-27J medium transport with a winglet modification, after performing flight-tests with the enhancement.
Benefits of the winglet integration include “improved hot-and-high runway performance, increased payload, range and endurance, and a reduction in operating costs,” the Italian manufacturer says.
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As a result of successful testing conducted since mid-June, the company says it has decided to incorporate the change with the battlefield airlifter, plus its in-development gunship and surveillance variants.
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Part of the winglet structure has been produced using an additive layer manufacturing – or 3D printing – technique, Alenia Aermacchi says.
Source: FlightGlobal.com
