Tata-Airbus Combine To Make 56 C295MW transport aircraft for IAF
Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) has approved the purchase of new military transport aircraft. This aircraft will be jointly made in India by Tata and Airbus. This is the first time that a contract related to military aviation has been awarded to a private company in the country. This is expected to create more than 6,000 jobs in the country in the coming years. Along with this, state-of-the-art technology of aviation will come in the country. It is believed that this deal will be more than Rs 15,000 crore. Work is going on in the country since 2012 in the
Tata Group to build military aircraft in India
Tata Group will develop and manufacture a military aircraft in India, having acquired intellectual property rights for a German-origin platform. The plan, ET has reliably learnt, is to integrate indigenous sensors and payloads to convert it into an intelligence-gathering asset. The high-altitude, twin-engine aircraft, capable of playing multiple roles from signal intelligence to cross-border surveillance, is currently in the final stages of testing in Germany. It is likely to arrive in India in the next three months for further integration. This would be the first time that an Indian private entity is looking at making a full military-grade aircraft, which