Intended as a small jet-powered military trainer but no orders were received, and the project was abandoned. Only 3 were built, I-CAVJ (001), I-GIAC and I-CAVT (003), the last of which is preserved in the Volandia Museum in Milan. It was also known as the Caproncino.

The second prototype C-22J light jet trainer displayed at the 1982 Farnborough Air Show. The type did not secure quantity orders.

The C-22J project was abandoned in 1988 and two of the three aircraft built were preserved. I-GIAC was not one of them.

This strange looking aircraft was designed in the late 1970s in response to a USAF requirement for a low cost trainer. It is evident that the design was based on a glider though in fact it was a twin jet with two Microturbo TRS-18 turbojets mounted in the fuselage. Only two were built and the project was abandoned in 1988