The first C295 tactical transport aircraft for India has successfully completed its maiden flight, marking a significant milestone towards its delivery by the second half of 2023. India acquired 56 C295 aircraft in September 2021 to replace the (IAF) legacy AVRO fleet. The first 16 aircraft will be assembled in Seville, Spain, and delivered to…
The Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots have started training on the C-295 aircraft simulator in Airbus’s Spanish facility in Seville. Earlier, on September 24, 2021 the Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a Rs 21,935 crore contract with Airbus Defence and Space for the acquisition of 56 C-295 MW transport aircraft along with associated equipment. Of…
Indian Government is planning to procure 15 additional Airbus Defence and Space manufactured C-295 Military Transport Aircraft worth around Rs 18,000 Crores for the Indian Navy (IN) and Indian Coast Guard (ICG). It has been reported that procurement plan is to buy 9 C-295s for the Navy and 6 for the Coast Guard and, subsequently…
Indian Prime Minister Shri Narender Modi laid the foundation stone of C-295 transport aircraft manufacturing facility in Vadodara Gujarat of the Tata-Airbus consortium. The facility will manufacture C-295 aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) through collaboration between Tata Advanced Systems Limited and Airbus Defence and Space S.A., Spain. The total cost of the project…
