Alenia Aeronautica

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Alenia Aermacchi S.p.A.

Type	Private Subsidiary
Industry	Aerospace and defence
Founded	2012
Headquarters	Venegono Superiore, Italy
Number of locations	Pomigliano, Turin, Venice, Varese, Grottaglie, Casoria, Nola, Foggia
Products	Combat and Defense Aircraft Trainer Aircraft Military Air Lifters Patrol Aircraft Regional Turboprop (ATR) Regional Turbofan (Superjet-100)
Services	Aero structures Overhaul and Modifications (Alenia Aeronavali)
Revenue	€ 2.53 billion (FY2008)
Profit	€ 250 million
Owner(s)	Finmeccanica
Employees	13,910
Parent	Finmeccanica
Divisions	Alenia Composite Quadrics
Subsidiaries	Alenia North America ATR Superjet 100
Website	http://www.aleniaaermacchi.it

Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica subsidiary, is a European aerospace company from Italy. Alenia Aermacchi owns ATR, a joint venture with EADS. The company head office is in Venegono Superiore, Varese. It also maintains offices on the property of Turin Caselle Airport in San Maurizio Canavese, Province of Turin and Pomigliano d'Arco, Province of Naples.

History

Alenia Aermacchi was created on January 1st, 2012 as the merger of Alenia Aeronautica and its subsidiaries Alenia Aermacchi e Alenia SIA. The former Alenia Aeronautica was created in 1990 by concentrating the Finmeccanica aerospace and defense industries Aeritalia and Selenia.

Alenia's predecessor companies include Aeritalia, Fiat and Romeo. Airplane manufacture in the Turin area began in 1910 with SIT and continued with Pomilio and Ansaldo, which built the SVA reconnaissance biplane. The industry was consolidated by Fiat after the First World War. Under chief designers Celestino Rosatelli and Giuseppe Gabrielli, Fiat built some of the most iconic Italian designs including the CR.32 and CR.42 biplanes, the G.55 fighter and the G.91 family of light attack and trainer jets. The Naples plants trace their history to Nicola Romeo. Widely remembered for his role in Alfa sports car business, in 1917 Romeo founded an airplane manufacturer in Naples. The company was later absorbed by Breda. Its Ro.41 biplane was the standard Italian advanced trainer throughout World War II.

After the war it came under Finmeccanica as Aerfer and built the Sagittario II, the first Italian supersonic aircraft, designed by Sergio Stefanutti. In 1966 it entered the aerostructures business producing DC-9 fuselage panels. Aerfer and Fiat merged their aircraft businesses in 1969 to create Aeritalia. The concentration led to milestone programs such as the European attack aircraft Tornado, the ATR family and the AMX. Aeritalia was also a partner in the Boeing 767 since its inception and played a key role in the creation of the Italian space industry. Created in 1990, Alenia was immediately associated with Eurofighter and other advanced programs. The former Alenia Aeronautica was incorporated in 2002, when Finmeccanica spun off its divisions as independent companies.

Alenia's C-27J was selected by the US Defense Department as its Joint Cargo Aircraft, and the C-27J team was awarded a contract worth US$2.04 billion for 78 C-27Js in June 2007.

Company ownership

The company, fully owned by Finmeccanica, an Italian conglomerate. Finmeccanica is the second largest industrial group and the largest of the hi-tech industrial groups based in Italy. It works in the fields of defence, aerospace, security, automation, transport and energy. The company has offices in over 100 countries and a turnover in excess of 19 Billion Euros.

Products

Collaborations

• Eurofighter with Cassidian (EADS group) and BAE Systems
• AMX International with Embraer
• Dassault Aviation (among others) for the nEUROn Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle
• Global Aeronautica, LLC (50%, with Boeing — for the Boeing 787)

See also

• Alenia Marconi Systems
• Thales Alenia Space, ex-Alenia Spazio and ex-Alcatel Alenia Space

External links

• Official website
• Official website (Italian)