Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence of Poland to supply eight M-346 Master. The contract – signed after the aircraft was selected, as already announced – is worth EUR 280 million.

In addition to the eight aircraft, the provision also included logistic support, a training programme for pilots and engineers and ground-based training system with dedicated classroom and educational amterials.

After Italy, Singapore and Israel, Poland is the fourth customer to order the M-346, considered the most advanced/ lead-in fighter trainer aircraft currently avalaible on the market and the only new generation trainer specifically designed to train pilots to fly high-performance lates generation military aircraft. The Polish contract raises the number of M-346 aircraft ordered to date to 56.

The Italian aircraft won the Polish contract against international competitors.