C295 Aircraft

C295 Aircraft

News: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has taken delivery of the first of 40 C295 aircrafts in a significant move to replace its ageing Avro-748 fleet. The remaining C295s will be manufactured and assembled in partnership with Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) at a Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Vadodara in western India.

What is C295 Aircraft?
• The C295 is a robust, reliable, and highly versatile tactical transport aircraft built by Airbus.
• It is tailored for missions that range from carrying troops and cargo, maritime patrol, airborne warning, surveillance and reconnaissance to signals intelligence, armed close air support, medical evacuation, VIP transport, and airborne firefighting.

Key Features:
• It is capable of carrying up to nine tonnes of payload or as many as 71 troops at a maximum cruise speed of 260 kts.
• It has the capability of being equipped for the air-to- air refueling of fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.
• Fitted with a retractable landing gear and featuring an unobstructed 12.69-meter-long pressurized cabin, the C295 cruises at altitudes up to 30,000 ft., while also retaining excellent low-level flight characteristics.
• It has remarkable short take-off & landing (STOL) performance from unpaved, soft, and sandy/grass airstrips.
• The C295 is powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127G turboprop engines that provide excellent manoeuvrability, outstanding hot-and-high performance, with fuel consumption for a very long endurance of up to 13 hours aloft.