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It is the first project of its kind under which military aircraft will be manufactured in India by a private company, officials said.
Under the deal, 16 aircraft will be delivered in a flyaway condition by the Airbus Defence and Space of Spain within 48 months of signing the contract.
The remaining 40 planes will be manufactured in India by a consortium of the Airbus Defence and Space and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) within 10 years of signing the contract, officials said.
The Chairman of Tata Trusts, Ratan Tata, congratulated the Airbus Defence, Tata Advanced Systems Limited and the Defence Ministry on the inking of the historic contract.
In a signed statement posted on Twitter, Mr Tata said the clearance of the joint project between Airbus Defence and Tata Advanced Systems to build the aircraft is a “great step” forward in the opening up of the aviation and avionics projects in India.
“It will create a domestic supply chain capability to international standards, which has never been undertaken before. The Tata Group congratulates Airbus and the Indian Defence Ministry for this bold step in fully building this state-of-the-art multi-role aircraft in India in support of the Make-in-India thrust to bolster the country”s equity framework,” Ratan Tata said.
Congratulations to Airbus Defence, Tata Advanced Systems Limited and the Indian Defence Ministry ???? @tataadvanced@indiandefence@AirbusDefence@TataCompaniespic.twitter.com/3pNvA4slMR
— Ratan N. Tata (@RNTata2000) September 24, 2021
The contract was signed two weeks after it was cleared by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet Committee on Security.
“Contract signed between #MinistryOfDefence and @AirbusDefence &Space, Spain for procurement of 56 C-295 transport aircraft for the #IAF,” Defence Ministry Spokesperson A Bharat Bhushan Babu tweeted.
#MinistryOfDefence signed a contract with M/s Airbus Defence and Space, Spain for the acquisition of 56 C-295MW transport aircraft for the #IndianAirForce, on September 24, 2021. Read details here: https://t.co/7IrFxLUovNpic.twitter.com/C0zyCuNJTD
— A. Bharat Bhushan Babu (@SpokespersonMoD) September 24, 2021
Airbus C-295 MW aircraft is a transport plane of 5-10 tonne capacity.
“All 56 aircraft will be installed with indigenous electronic warfare suite,” the ministry had said on September 8 after the procurement was cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Security.
The in-principle approval for the Avro replacement programme was accorded around nine years ago.
A large number of detail parts, sub-assemblies and major component assemblies of aerostructure are scheduled to be manufactured in India.
The ministry had said that before completion of the deliveries, a servicing facility for C-295 MW aircraft is scheduled to be set up in India.
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