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The Indian Air Force (IAF) has taken delivery of
the first of 56 C295 aircraft from Airbus.
The C295, in transport configuration and with an
indigenous electronic warfare suite, will gradually replace IAF’s
fleet of ageing Avros-748s.
The first 16 C295s of the 56 aircraft on order
will be assembled at the San Pablo Sur site in Seville, Spain
with the second aircraft due to be delivered in May 2024 and the
next 14 rolled out at a rate of one per month until August 2025.
The remaining 40 C295s of the IAF order will be
manufactured and assembled, in partnership with Tata Advanced
Systems Limited (TASL), at a Final Assembly Line (FAL) in
Vadodara in western India.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has taken delivery of the first of 56 C295 aircraft from Airbus
The production of components of these aircraft has
already started in the Main Constituent Assembly (MCA) facility in
Hyderabad, southern India. The parts will be shipped to the Vadovara FAL, which is expected to be operational by November
2024.
The first ‘Make in India’ C295 will roll out of
the Vadodara FAL in September 2026 with the final aircraft expected to be
delivered to the IAF by August 2031.
“It was only two years ago that we signed this
contract with India, the largest order in the history of the
C295,” said Jean-Brice Dumont, Airbus’ Head of Military Air
Systems, in a delivery ceremony held last week in Seville in the presence of
India’s Ambassador to Spain Dinesh K. Patnaik and IAF Air Chief
Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari. “Today, we are enhancing the capabilities of the
Indian Air Force and modernising its transport fleet by delivering
the first aircraft on schedule. This is the beginning of an
exciting and long-term journey with the Indian Air Force.”
The C295 can carry up to 71 troops or 50 paratroopers,
airdrop cargo, be used for medical evacuation and take off and
land in short and unpaved runways.
Airbus has thus far received 283 orders for the
aircraft from 41 operators worldwide.
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