Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez are inaugurating the Tata Aircraft Base in Vadodara, Gujarat. C-295 transport aircraft will be built in the complex. Spain and India signed an agreement to produce 56 aircraft. The first 16 aircraft will be built in Spain. The remaining 40 vessels will be built by Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL). A private company will build the aircraft for the military, a first in the country.
The complex was the first private file assembly line in the country. This will create military aircraft. Transport aircraft are very important to the Indian Air Force. This allows soldiers, weapons, fuel and hardware to be transported from one place to another. In this regard, the C295 will help reduce transport weight.
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Can carry 73 soldiers or 48 paratroopers
Two people fly C-295 aircraft. Of these, 73 soldiers or 48 paratroopers or 12 intensive care medical evacuation personnel on stretchers or 27 medical evacuation personnel on stretchers and 4 medical personnel can travel. It can lift a maximum weight of 9250 kilograms at a time. It has a length of 80.3 feet, a wingspan of 84.8 feet, and a height of 28.5 feet.
Travel up to 4587 kilometers at a speed of 482 km/h
The aircraft is equipped with 7650 liters of fuel. Its maximum flight speed can reach 482 km/h. Its range is 1277 to 4587 kilometers. It depends on how much weight is loaded inside. But the ferry journey is 5,000 kilometers. The maximum altitude is 13,533 feet.
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The landing runway is short and weapons can be installed
In order to take off, it requires a runway between 844 meters and 934 meters long. Landing requires only 420 meters of runway. There are six hard points in it. This is where weapons and defense systems are installed. Three under each wing. Or maybe there are inboard towers. It can install 800 kilograms of weapons.
After Hyderabad, Vadodara center will put final touches on the aircraft
Tata began metal cutting work on 40 C295 aircraft in November last year. Hyderabad currently serves as its main constituent assembly. Many parts will be stored there. Tata’s Hyderabad plant will manufacture major components of the aircraft. Thereafter he will be sent to Vadodara.
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All C-295 aircraft will be finalized in Vadodara. The engine will be installed in it. Electronic equipment will be set up. Thereafter it will be handed over to the Air Force. 32 aircraft will be domestically produced. Currently, more than 20 countries are using this aircraft.
Why are these aircraft important to India?
Transport aircraft are very important to the Indian Air Force. This allows soldiers, weapons, fuel and hardware to be transported from one place to another. In this regard, the C295 will help reduce transport weight. The C295 aircraft will replace the Indian Air Force’s older HS748 Avros aircraft. In addition, the Antonov AN-32 from Ukraine will also be replaced.
