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India Completes Import Phase With Early Delivery of Final Airbus C-295 Transport Jets

Tata Advanced Systems’ Vadodara line will assemble 40 more C-295s for the Indian Air Force under a Make in India transfer program

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In Seville, first C-295 that will be delivered to IAF on Wednesday | File Photo | Snehesh Alex Philip | ThePrint
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Overview

  • India received the last of 16 Spanish-built C-295MW aircraft in Seville two months ahead of schedule, fulfilling its imported tranche under a ₹21,935-crore contract signed in September 2021.
  • The C-295s can carry up to 71 troops or 50 paratroopers with a 5–10-tonne payload and offer up to 11 hours of flight endurance to replace the Indian Air Force’s ageing Avro-748 fleet.
  • Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Pedro Sánchez inaugurated the Tata Advanced Systems Limited final assembly line in Vadodara in October 2024, marking India’s first private-sector military aircraft FAL.
  • The Vadodara facility is set to deliver the first Made-in-India C-295 by September 2026 and complete all 40 domestically assembled units by August 2031.
  • The C-295 programme advances India’s Atmanirbhar Bharat goals by integrating public defence PSUs and private MSMEs in a technology-transfer ecosystem to reduce import dependence.