Alenia Sells 4 C-27Js to Non-NATO CountryBy tom kington
Published: 4 Sep 09:36 EDT (13:36 GMT)
Alenia Aeronautica this week signed a deal to sell four C-27J tactical transport aircraft to a non-NATO, Mediterranean country, sources in Italy knowledgable of the deal said Sept. 4.
Without naming the country, the sources said the deal totaled 130 million euros and included one "VIP palette," which can be loaded onto the plane to host VIP passengers.
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The sale would bring the total number of C-27J aircraft sold to 121.
Alenia Aeronautica, alongside parent company Finmeccanica, has marketed aggressively in North Africa in recent months. In the second half of 2007, Finmeccanica unit AgustaWestland sold six AW101 helicopters and four Super Lynx 300 helicopters to Algeria for a total of 402 million euros.
News of the deal was not made public until details appeared in March in Finmeccanica's results statement for 2007.
Libya has also been a marketing target for Finmeccanica units.
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