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The archetypal made-in-India C-295 subject transport craft successfully completed its maiden flight, the Indian Air Force (IAF) said connected Wednesday (June 10, 2026).
The IAF is procuring 56 C-295 transport craft astatine a outgo of astir ₹21,935 crore.
Forty of these craft volition beryllium assembled by Tata Advanced Systems Limited successful practice with Airbus astatine a accumulation installation successful Vadodara.
The IAF congratulated the full squad down the palmy maiden formation of the archetypal India-made C-295.
"The accomplishment reinforces India's increasing aerospace capabilities and underscores the Indian Air Force's committedness to fostering indigenous defence capableness nether the imaginativeness of Atmanirbhar Bharat," it said.
