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Archives by date > 2014 > July > 20th

Pocket Gunship: From AC-XX to the MC-27J Praetorian

Jul 20, 2014 16:45 UTC

Latest updates[?]: Armed Phase 2 testing done; Chart compares MC-27J with its Airbus MCN-235 rival.
C-27J blueprint

C-27J 3-view

In mid-2008 Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) made a $32 million budget reprogramming request in order to buy a C-27J light tactical transport plane and convert it into a small prototype AC-XX gunship, using “proven/known” weapons and systems.

That effort foundered for good when the USAF canceled the C-27J, but programs to turn existing USMC and AFSOC C-130s into light gunships had laid the technical foundations. Italy’s Alenia Aermacchi figured that a C-27J gunship might have a lot of appeal on the international market. Especially if the gunship kit could somehow co-exist with its role as a transport. In 2012, they unveiled exactly that, thanks to a collaboration with America’s ATK: the MC-27J Praetorian.

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