alenia c-27j spartan

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the alenia c-27j spartan is a military transport aircraft developed and manufactured by leonardo's aircraft division (formerly alenia aermacchi until 2016). it is an advanced derivative of alenia aeronautica's earlier g.222 (c-27a spartan in u.s. service), equipped with the engines and various other systems also used on the larger lockheed martin c-130j super hercules. in addition to the standard transport configuration, specialized variants of the c-27j have been developed for maritime patrol, search and rescue, c3 isr (command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance), fire support/ground-attack and electronic warfare missions.