New Delhi: The first made-in-India C-295 military transport aircraft successfully completed its maiden flight, the Indian Air Force (IAF) said Wednesday.
The IAF is procuring 56 C-295 transport aircraft at a cost of around Rs 21,935 crore.
Forty of these aircraft will be assembled by Tata Advanced Systems Limited in cooperation with Airbus at a production facility in Vadodara.
The IAF congratulated the entire team behind the successful maiden flight of the first India-made C-295.
The achievement reinforces India’s growing aerospace capabilities and underscores the Indian Air Force’s commitment to fostering indigenous defence capability under the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat, it said.