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India is updating its fleet of military transport aircraft. Yesterday, September 9, the portal defenseworld.net He reported that the Security Committee of the Cabinet of Ministers of India approved the purchase of 56 C-295MW aircraft.

The contract for the supply of 56 C-295 aircraft between the Indian consortium Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) and Airbus Corporation was signed earlier this year. Now, after the government approves the deal, the parties can start implementing it.

Airbus C-295

Image source: theaustralian.com.au

Under the terms of the contract, 16 aircraft will be delivered to India by the Spanish division of Airbus Defense and Space in the next four years. The remaining 40 cars will be assembled at the TASL enterprise as part of the Make in India program.

The length of the Airbus C-295 is 24.4 m, the wingspan is 25.8 m, the height is 8.8 m. The weight of the empty aircraft does not exceed 11.2 t, the maximum take — off weight is 23.2 t.The transport is equipped with two Pratt Whitney Canada PW127G turboprop engines that accelerate it to 576 km/h (cruising speed is 482 km/h). The basic version of the C-295 can accommodate up to 70 people, including two crew members (more modern versions can accommodate 73 people) or up to 9.7 tons of cargo.

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