PM, Spanish counterpart to inaugurate TATA Aircraft Complex in Vadodara

New Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi along with the Spanish Prime Minister Mr. Pedro Sanchez, will jointly inaugurate the TATA Aircraft Complex for manufacturing C-295 aircraft at TATA advanced systems limited (TASL) Campus.

This will be the first private sector military aircraft manufacturing facility in India and has been described by the government as a ”flagship” ‘Make in India’ initiative in the aerospace sector.

The Airbus C295 transport aircraft manufactured at the facility, set up by TASL in collaboration with Airbus Spain, will be deployed by the Indian Air Force (IAF).

Prime Minister Modi laid the project’s foundation stone two years ago on October 30, and will inaugurate it with Sanchez on Monday, the Gujarat government said in a release this week.

In September 2021, India formalised the acquisition of 56 C295 transport aircraft to replace the IAF’s ageing Avro-748 fleet, under a nearly Rs 21,000 crore deal with Airbus Defence and Space.