Airbus C-295MW Transport Aircraft To be Made In Gujarat

Mobility Outlook Bureau
28 Oct 2022
09:27 AM
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The total cost of the project is INR 21,935 crore and will be a major boost to the defence manufacturing ecosystem in India.


Airbus C-295MW transport aircraft
Airbus C-295MW transport aircraft (file photo).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of a transport aircraft manufacturing project at Vadodara, Gujarat on October 30. The facility will produce Airbus C-295MW transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF). This will be the first instance of military aircraft factory being set-up in Gujarat.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya M Scindia and Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel will also be present at the event. 

Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar said, this is the first project of its kind in which a military aircraft will be manufactured in India by a private company. 

The total cost of the project is INR 21,935 crore and will be a major boost to the defence manufacturing ecosystem in India. As per the present contract, 40 aircraft will be manufactured in India by a TATA Consortium of Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), led by the former.

The C-295MW military transport can carry a payload of 5-10 tonne and the new aircraft are being acquired to replace the IAF’s obsolete HS-748 ‘Avro’ aircraft, which were built under license in India by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). 

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