Airbus C295

The India C295 program is the first major ‘Make in India’ program in the aerospace domain, in private sector and will usher in a new era for aerospace manufacturing in India. The Program will allow Tata to develop unique capabilities in country and will allow for strategic positioning for Tata Advanced Systems for long term growth. Tata as the Indian Aircraft Contractor (IAC) for the Program will be responsible from manufacturing and engineering of detail parts to complete final assembly of the Airbus Defence & Space C295 aircraft including developing unique capabilities for engines and avionics testing and installation, rain water test, flight test and for long term fleet support, modification and upgrades.

India has become the largest customer for the C295, with the acquisition of 56 aircraft. The C295 ‘Make in India’ programme will produce more than 85% structural and final assembly of 40 aircraft along with the manufacturing of 13,000 detail parts in India, for which 21 special processes have been certified and 37 India-based suppliers, both from the private and public sectors, have been onboarded.