Leonardo concludes sustainability flight test campaign

Leonardo has concluded the flight test programme of the C-27J Flying Test Bed, a technological demonstrator aircraft in the European Clean Sky 2 Programme, intended to contribute to ongoing decarbonisation strategies. In-flight activities of the modified C-27J – which featured innovative wing configurations with surfaces capable of changing shape during flight – will validate the technical solutions conceived and designed by Leonardo’s engineers. “We are registering extraordinary technological results, made possible by an excellent European aeronautical system in which Leonardo is at the helm,” noted Aurelio Calcedonio Boscarino, leader of strategy and innovation at Leonard’s aircraft division. As well as