Bulgaria Purchases Italian Aircrafts Within Month

Bulgaria Purchases Italian Aircrafts Within Month

Politics: 6 April 2005, Wednesday.

Bulgaria has chosen the Italian Alenia Aeronautica company for the purchase of eight Tactical Transport Aircrafts, Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov confirmed Wednesday.

The purchase is to be contracted by the end of April, Svinarov also said.

The army is to be revived with eight C-27J Spartan Tactical Transport Aircrafts, which are developed by Lockheed Martin Alenia Tactical Transport Systems (LMATTS), the Italian Corriere della Serra daily wrote on Tuesday.

One C-27J aircraft costs about USD 30 M, the newspaper also wrote.

The C-27J Spartan has the same logistical and maintenance characteristics of the Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules Medium Tactical Airlifter, and also shares commonality of the cargo capacity.

The primary roles of the C-27J are cargo transport, troop transport and material and paratroop air drop. Other missions include maritime patrol, tactical operations, medical evacuation, ground refuelling, fire-fighting and aerial spraying.

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