Joint Cargo Aircraft Program News Archive

C-27J Spartan JCA #1 Successfully Completes First Flight in Italy
Posted on: Wed Jun 18th, 2008 | aleniana.com

Washington - June 17, 2008 - Alenia North America, a subsidiary of Alenia Aeronautica and part of the Finmeccanica Group, announced today that the first C-27J Spartan for the U.S. Army's Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) successfully completed its maiden flight at the Alenia facility in Turin, Italy.

Team JCA Files Protest with GAO on Joint Cargo Aircraft Selection
Posted on: Thu Jun 28th, 2007 | Raytheon

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 27, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- The Team JCA partnership led by Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and EADS CASA North America is contesting the Joint Cargo Aircraft selection process in a protest filed June 22 with the Government Accountability Office.

C-27J Spartan Wins Joint Cargo Aircraft Program Contract
Posted on: Thu Jun 14th, 2007 | c-27j.com

L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, L.P., of Greenville, Texas, was awarded a firm-fixed price contract June 13, 2007, estimated at $2.04 billion for procurement of up to 78 Joint Cargo Aircraft (C-27J Spartan).

C-27J Team Announces C-27J JCA Final Proposal Submittal
Posted on: Thu Feb 1st, 2007 | c-27j.com

NEW YORK -- The C-27J Team today delivered its final proposal for the Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) program, offering its rugged C-27J Spartan airlifter as the best-value solution to the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force.

Questions surround JCA funding
Posted on: Wed Oct 4th, 2006 | airforcetimes.com

The military will begin to develop a new light cargo aircraft this year that could go to Air National Guard bases around the country under a deal approved by the House and Senate.