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- Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of a C295 aircraft manufacturing plant in Vadodara, Gujarat.
- Tata-Airbus consortium that will manufacture the transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF).
- It is the first project of its kind in which a military aircraft will be manufactured in India by a private company.
- It is also the first time that the C295 aircraft will be manufactured outside of Europe.
- The C295 was originally produced by a Spanish aircraft manufacturer named Construccionaes Aeronauticcas SA.
- In September 2021, India signed deal with Airbus Defence and Space to procure 56 C295 aircraft to replace the IAF’s Avro-748 planes.
- Under the agreement, Airbus will deliver the first 16 aircraft in ‘fly-away’ condition.
- Subsequent 40 aircraft will be manufactured by Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) in India as part of an industrial partnership between the two companies.
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