Indian Air Force to start inducting C-295 aircraft from 2023 | DGQA approved QMS for Airbus Defence

C-295 TATA-Airbus Deal

TATA-Airbus deal has been one of the most successful deal under make in India initiative. Last year, in August India received a major boost to its aviation sector after the Cabinet Committee on Security approved the Tata-Airbus deal for 56 twin-turboprop C-295 medium transport aircraft worth Rs 22,000 crore, which will replace the old Avro-748 aircraft of the IAF.

The induction of C-295 will be a significant step towards the modernisation of the transport fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF). The order is also expected to go up beyond 56, with requirements from the coast guard, navy and other forces expected to come in the next few years. In addition, the aircraft is also likely to be exported from India in the near future for overseas customers.

Production & Delivery Update

As per the TATA-Airbus deal, 16 of the 56 C295 aircrafts will be delivered in flyaway condition from Spain within 48 months of signing of the contract which means first 16 C-295 will be delivered between September 2023-2025 and IAF will start inducting these aircrafts from next year. The remaining 40 aircrafts will be manufactured in India by TATA Consortium within ten years of signing of the contract i.e., by September 2031.

During the Defense Expo 2022, India has approved Space Quality Management System (QMS) for Airbus Defence. This the 1st time that DGQA has given QMS certification to a foreign aircraft manufacturer. The certification of the QMS is integral to the manufacture of C295s in India, which involves the full development of a complete industrial ecosystem - from the production of parts to assembly, test and qualification, to delivery and maintenance of the complete lifecycle of the aircraft.

Airbus-Tata Aircraft Manufacturing Facility

The new manufacturing facility of TATA will be located at Dholera. The Gujarat government has planned to develop land close to proposed Dholera International Airport airport for MRO and Aviation related other facilities. MRO stands for Maintenance, Repair and Overhauling. It’s not only the TATA-Airbus manufacturing unit that will be setup here but the Aviation Zone in Dholera will include an aviation academy, flight training institute and MRO facilities for airframes, engines and C&D checks.

The Dholera airport will have two runways of 4,000 metres and 2,910 metres. These would be essential to the flight-testing facility for the Airbus-Tata complex. After completion of the delivery, the subsequent aircraft manufactured in India can be exported to countries which are cleared by the Government of India.

About C295

C-295 is a transport aircraft or a tactical airlifter of 5-10 tonne capacity with contemporary technology that will replace the ageing Avro transport aircraft of IAF. The aircraft is capable of performing a wide variety of missions effectively which includes tactical and logistical transport, parachute and cargo drop, medical evacuation, and maritime patrol.

The aircraft would have an indigenous Electronic Warfare Suite. The Counter Measures Dispensing System (CMDS) will be provided by BDL and the BEL will be providing the DRDO’s Radar Warning Receiver RWR and Ultra Violet based Missile Approach Warning System MAWS for the aircraft.

It has a Capacity for 73 troops / 48 paratroopers / 12 stretcher intensive care medevac / 27 stretcher medevac with 4 medical attendants. Normally Its Maximum payload is 7,050 kg but can be overloaded to 9,250 kg. It is capable to take off from short runways of around 1km in length.

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[parthasdasgupta]

Excellent news. I am not sure but there is a civilian version too. That can be extensively used at not so high demand route. TATA themselves have three airlines. So demand can be pretty high.

[rupjyotimekar]

It's good platform for stol, MPA, surveillance, SAR, utility, Aewacc, istar, ewa. We should increase its numbers more than 100.

[Godofschool]

New version are coming such as awacs, maritime version, ew version ..😍😍😍..c-295 will be purchased in no

[manojkumar-jtfw]

It should have been a little bigger wit powerful engine like C-27j Spartan. But atleast v wil hav something insted of nothing.
V should have stayed in MRTA IL-276 project. Had v stay in that, v would hav rolled out a 25T cargo carrying prototype Aircraft nxt yr

[datoolz]

Bharat bought 62 platforms for around EUR2.8 billion (USD3.15 billion).
50 million USD per plane. In 2018, a new E175 has a value of US$27 million.
If Bharat had bought Embraer, the IAF could have fielded planes for half the cost.

Because the government, along with the Brazilian government, would be 50% shareholders
in Embraer, half of the profits from the deal would come back to us instead of
going to make Europeans wealthy. If the profit is 1 billion, then 500 million would
have come back to the Sarkar as dividends.

It would also result in more jobs, and an eventually 50% indigenous product, when Bharati oems would be able to replace any non Brazilian vendor whose product is in the E jet.
This was a foolish decision, that will continue to cost Bharat billions. Embrare is priced at a mere 1 billion right now. The right decision, as always, is to buy 50% stake in Embraer. The Government must make the right call!

[rakesh]

India should increase Research and Development in Defense sector to face China and Pakistan together in a war

[dilipbaokar]

certainly without doubt this deal of C295 is of an immense importance by the augmentation point of view of the transport fleet of the IAF(especially the futuristic replacement of the 100 + numbers of the An-32s) in the coming future. this way we can get rid of that old duddy HS 748 which was haunting our transport fleet for long and its replacement was more than overdue.
most importantly this single C295 can serve the IAF in different versions too which will end up IAF and IN's hunt for those special types of aircraft viz. Air to Air fuelling, AWACS, MR-MSR, ASW and so on.

[Max]

A bad buy.

Embraer's Kc-390 is better than C-295, C-27J and C-130J.