Background information:
The C-27J is equipped with modern avionics and efficient propulsion system (Rolls Royce AE2100-D2A, assuring a 4,650 SHP). The C-27J, thanks to a loading system that is perfectly compatible with that of the C-130, can carry pallets weighing up to 4,550 kg and 2.20 metres tall, or platforms with a length of 12 ft, weighing up 6,000 kg.
The C-27J is capable of taking off from and landing on unprepared strips less-than-500 m. long, with maximum take-off weight of 30,500 kg; it may carry up to 60 equipped soldiers or up to 46 paratroopers and, in the air ambulance (MEDEVAC) version, 36 stretchers or 24 stretchers and two Patient Transport Support System (P.T.S.S), with stretchers and stowage provisions for intensive care medical equipment and six medical assistants.
The large cross section (2.60 meters high, 3.33 m wide) and high floor strength (4,900 kg/m load capability) allow heavy and large military equipment to be loaded. The C-27J can, for example, carry fighter and transport aircraft engines, such as C-130, MiG-29 and Mirage 2000 directly on its normal engine dollies without additional special equipment.
Thanks to its APU, Auxiliary Power Unit - that allow to generate electrical and pneumatic energy to the aircraft’s systems – the C-27J can re-start its engine in flight or start of the engines on ground without any logistic support, allowing operations in the most remote airstrips.
The C-27J has been designed, developed and tested as a true military aircraft has obtained the Military Qualification Certificate. At the same time the C-27J is airworthy to civil standards, as witnessed by its certification from the Civil Aviation Authority, EASA in 2001 for the basic configuration and subsequently EASA / FAA in 2010 for the C-27J JCA configuration.
