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| Airbus Military C-295 |
By ANDREW CHUTER
SINGAPORE — Alenia Aermacchi took a swing at Airbus Defence and Space’s C295 tactical transport at the Singapore Airshow Feb. 12, claiming the performance of its C-27J Spartan pretty much outmatched anything its European rival could achieve.
With the C-27J flying farther, faster, higher and carrying more payload to smaller runways than the C295, its productivity as a tactical transport is far higher, said Giovanni Timossi, Alenia Aermacchi’s vice president of sales in the region.
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| Alenia C-27J Spartan |
The claims comes as Alenia and Airbus Defence crank up their marketing efforts ahead of bidding for a potentially large requirement for small tactical transports in India. Bidding is due to get underway soon.
Christian Scherer, Airbus Defence marketing and sales boss, later labeled the attack on the C295 as the “emotive response from a frustrated company.”
Timossi said Alenia Aermacchi was responding to recent presentations given to reporters by Airbus claiming better performance for the C295.
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