Tata-Airbus' C295 aircraft manufacturing facility to be big boost: Official

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying the foundation stone of the Tata-Airbus facility to manufacture C295 military transport planes in Gujarat on Sunday, India will enter an illustrious league of about a dozen nations with the capacity to manufacture such aircraft, officials said.

They said the project will also be a big boost to the 'Make In India' push of the government.

As the government eyes the transformation of the defence sector through its ambitious indigenous programmes, several projects for domestic manufacturing of defence platforms and equipment such as missiles, field guns, tanks, aircraft carriers, drones, fighter planes, and helicopters are underway, fulfilling the modernisation needs of the armed forces, they noted.

However, military transport aircraft was one of the critical missing links in the entire defence industrial complex chain, officials added, asserting the joint venture between Tata and Airbus has plugged that missing piece and will significantly boost