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New Delhi: The IAF Now the search for a new medium transport aircraft has started (MTA) to replace its aging Soviet-origin AN-32 fleet, in a move that also comes as a mega Rs 21,935 crore. Tata Airbus The delivery of 56 C-295 tactical airlifters has begun.
The MTA, which will be developed in India with foreign cooperation, will be used to carry cargo between 18 and 30 tonnes. RFI (Request for Information) issued by IAF. Vendors have to submit their responses by March 31. The C-295 can carry 9 tonnes of payload or 71 soldiers, and will replace the aging Avro fleet in the IAF. While the first 16 C-295s are to be delivered in flyway condition. Airbus In the 2023-2025 timeframe, the remaining 40 will be manufactured at the new Tata-Airbus facility in Vadodara.
The IAF currently has more than 90 AN-32 medium-lift aircraft, inducted from the former Soviet Union, which have undergone some upgrades with the help of Ukraine.
“AN-32 aircraft are largely used to service forward areas and operate from modern landing grounds in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh. They will have to be phased out from 2030 onwards,” an officer said. .
The MTA, which will be developed in India with foreign cooperation, will be used to carry cargo between 18 and 30 tonnes. RFI (Request for Information) issued by IAF. Vendors have to submit their responses by March 31. The C-295 can carry 9 tonnes of payload or 71 soldiers, and will replace the aging Avro fleet in the IAF. While the first 16 C-295s are to be delivered in flyway condition. Airbus In the 2023-2025 timeframe, the remaining 40 will be manufactured at the new Tata-Airbus facility in Vadodara.
The IAF currently has more than 90 AN-32 medium-lift aircraft, inducted from the former Soviet Union, which have undergone some upgrades with the help of Ukraine.
“AN-32 aircraft are largely used to service forward areas and operate from modern landing grounds in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh. They will have to be phased out from 2030 onwards,” an officer said. .
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