Alenia Aermacchi is a global aerospace company with over 100 years of experience in designing, developing, producing, and supporting civil and military aircraft. It has built over 25,000 aircraft and its subsidiaries have built over 1,700 aircraft. Today, Alenia Aermacchi has two divisions for civil and military aircraft, nine production centers, and supports over 200 customers in over 90 countries with a staff of over 11,000. Some of its most successful current programs include the M-346 advanced trainer, C-27J battlefield airlifter, ATR regional aircraft, SF-260 basic trainer, and the Eurofighter multi-role fighter.

1. Alenia Aermacchi global player:
100 years of design,
development, production and
support of civil and military
aircraft

2. Gregory Alegi
Paris | 19 June 2013
Alenia Aermacchi
A century of Italian aircraft industry

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1.The Origins: Italian capitals, foreign technologies
2.Lean Years: Technology driven by records
3.Ten Years of Conflicts: Operations vs. Investment
4.Rebuilding an Industry: Forging links, conquering markets
5.Consolidating Names and Technologies: The National Champion
6.Conclusions

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Year Total Flown Tests
w/o flight
Tests On display Insufficient data
1909 13 4 (30%) 2 3 4 0
1910 34 13 (38%) 6 9 4 2
1911 18 10 (55%) 0 7 0 1
1912 15 13 (87%) 0 2 0 0
1913 17 15 (88%) 1 0 0 1
1914 * 4 4 (100%) 0 0 0 0
Total 101 58 (57%) 10 22 8 4
Aircraft of Italian Design and Construction (1909-1914)
* Until August Source: P. Magni archive data
Tonini Monorebus, 1911
1913-1918
The Challenge of Building Aircraft
The Origins

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Nieuport Type 10.000
May 1, 1913:
Nieuport-Macchi
incorporated
… after the first aircraft
had been built
The First Macchi
19 Nov 1912
F.lli Macchi decides to build two aircraft
for Italian Army competition
Agreement with Nieuport (France)
Creates Aviation Dept. at F.lli Macchi
By 31 Dec. 1912: 10 staff working on
aircraft
5 Apr. 1913
-N-M in charge of tech management
-F.lli Macchi in charge of production
The Origins
Technology
Wood truss
Fabric covering
80 HP engine
No systems

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Italian Aircraft Industry in Nov. 1918
 From licenses to world-class own designs (M.5, SVA)
 Built 12,400 aircraft
 Outproduced main opponent by 230 %
 27 airframe manufacturers, 360+ firms in industry
 Created quality standards and processes
Ansaldo SVA prototype (1917)
Macchi M.5 seaplane fighter (1916)
Farman MF.14
Technology
400 HP engines
Armament
Gunsights
The Origins

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Lean Years
 Postwar market contraction: companies leave aviation
 Limited budgets, Army has lion’s share
 Technology stagnation, in part because of surplus stocks
 Airline market does not yet exist
 Creation of Italian Air Force stabilizes market
 From 1926 coherent industrial policy
 Controlled growth, cost-plus pricing
 Design firms specialized by role, standardized production
 Prototypes and racers to exercise design staffs
1919-1934
Technology Driven by Records
Fiat CR.1
Romeo Ro. 1
Technology
Steel truss
400 HP engine
Early radios

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Lean Years
In 1927
43 aircraft built (47% under license)
M.52 racers are 9% of total, 20% of proprietary
The MC.72 racer
 2,000+ HP
 First flown 22 June 1931
 Systematic development (1931-34)
 Flutter, cooling, aerodynamics experience
 709 kmph World speed record 23 October 1934
Records as R&D: the Macchi case Macchi MC.72
Provides know-how for MC.200 fighter
Best performing first-gen Italian
monoplane
Leads to 2,500 aircraft family
Macchi MC.200

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Lean Years
 Italy at war in Ethiopia, Spain, WW2
 Early successes, govt support lead to export success
 Quantitative growth constrains investment
 Multiplication of manufacturers and types
 Overlaps with technology revolution
(trusses to stressed-skin, wood to metal etc)
 No planning for extended, global war
 Short-term success, medium-long obsolescence
1935-1945
Ten Years of Conflicts
Fiat CR.32

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Performance is Not Enough
Fiat G.55
Several good designs hampered by
 Poor program management (changes etc.)
 Multiplication of undersized design offices
 Vertically integrated production model
 Skilled labor rather than capital investment
 Small batches rather than large orders
 Inadequate engine industry
 Peacetime procedures and mentality
Two years to decide between three
largely identical fighters
Reggiane RE.2005
Technology
Stressed-skin metal structures
1,475 HP engine
Flaps, VP propeller, retracting gear, radio, oxygen
Hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical systems
Macchi C.205
Lean Years

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Aerfer Sagittario
2°
 Facilities damaged/plundered
 Industry shrinks by a factor of 10
 Technology gap
 Brain drain
 Punitive 1947 peace treaty
 Cold War and NATO turn the tide
 UK/US licenses critical to resume activity
 ERP/MDAP also crucial
 Rebuilding complete by 1956
1946-1956
Forging Links
Technology
Stressed-skin metal structures
Jet engines
Pressurized cockpits
Ejection seats
Macchi MB.308
Rebuilding an Industry

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 With Germany: Fiat G.91R/T
 With de-colonized countries: Macchi MB.326
 With USA: Aerfer (overhauls, then DC-9)
 Transatlantic & pan-European: the F-104G program
 Receiving high-end tech
 Transferring moderate tech
 Product support
 Growing ambition
1956-1969
Forging Links
Technology
Avionics
CNC
Skills
Collaborating
Support
Fiat G.91
Macchi MB.326
Douglas DC-9

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Consolidating Names and Technologies
Design sophistication and market competition demand
 Overcoming fragmentation
 Concentrating and increasing R&D
 Critical mass
 Shift focus from manufacture to design
 Proprietary products (G.222/C-27, ATR, AMX)
 Internationalization
1969-2011
Towards a National Champion
Fiat (airframes) + Aerfer + Salmoiraghi
merge into Aeritalia
50/50 public-private partnership
Technology
Composites
Skills
System integration
Test & Simulation
Certification
Boeing 767
ATR 42
Tornado

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Consolidating Names and Technologies
From Aeritalia to Alenia Aermacchi
C-27J
M346
Concentration accelerates development
 Aeritalia (1969-1989)
 Launches Tornado, ATR, 767, AMX, Eurofighter
 Incubator for businesses later spun off
 Merger with Selenia to create Alenia (1990)
 Key player in reorganization of Italian A&D sector
 Aermacchi acquires SIAI Marchetti trainer line (1996)
creating Italian training pole
 Alenia acquires Aermacchi (2003)
 Launch RRSP in 787
 Industry concentration completed in 2012
Technology
UAS
Stealth
Skills
Partnership
Upgrading
Eurofighter

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A Century at a Glance

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Conclusions
Industrial heritage
✈Over 25,000 aircraft built by Alenia Aermacchi and its
heritage companies
✈Over 4,200 Alenia Aermacchi aircraft built by its
licensees
✈About 1,700 aircraft built by Alenia Aermacchi
subsidiaries
✈Aerostructures for about 15,000 aircraft
Industrial organization
✈Two divisions for Civil and Military aircraft (incl. Trainers)
✈Nine integrated production centers (tech/product)
✈Leader in regional aircraft and trainers
✈Joint ventures and consortia (incl. Eurofighter, ATR, SJI)
✈Balanced military-civil production
✈Balanced proprietary and joint programs
✈Supports 200+ customers in 90+ countries
✈Over 11,000 staff
A single company from January 1, 2012

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Conclusions
The Fundamental Things Apply
✈Stable long-term vision
✈Committed to developing, integrating, building
and supporting fixed-wing aircraft
✈Well-established international partnering skills
with both US and European industry
✈The World’s oldest aircraft manufacturer in
continuous existence under its name
Thank you !
Merci !
Grazie !

18. Alenia Aermacchi today:
The new generation advanced trainer that won all the
open tenders so far - M-346, 57 aircraft ordered
Best seller Battlefield airlifter - C-27J,
91 aircraft ordered

19. Best seller Regional passegner aircraft - ATR family, more
than 1250 aircraft ordered
Best Seller screener-basic trainer - SF-260, more than 900
aircraft ordered
Best seller new generation Multi-role fighter - Eurofighter,
571 aircraft ordered