The aircraft is the first of 16 C-295 that will be produced in Spain and the remaining 40 will be made in an Indian facility in Vadodara by the joint venture of Tata and Airbus.
"This is an emergency exercise performed by IAF to check the quality and strength of the airstrip so that emergency jets could easily land and go on the airstrip," said the DM.
"The Navy Petty Officer carried out a para jump from a military transport aircraft from Panagarh, West Bengal and lost his life during free-fall training of Special Forces," an official from the Indian Navy said.
Saras is the first Indian multi-purpose civilian aircraft in the light transport aircraft category as designed by the CSIR-NAL, according to a statement released by Paras Defence and Space Technologies on Tuesday.
The MTA, to be used for various roles of a transport aircraft, would have a cargo carrying capacity of between 18 to 30 tonnes, the IAF said on Friday.
This remark comes as the United States closely monitors any decisions by the People's Republic of China (PRC) in response to Russian requests for security assistance amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, US broadcaster VOA reported. The report said Washington has taken note of reports about multi
The statement from the civil aviation ministry said that a final assembly line and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility would be set up for manufacturing C-295 military transport aircraft by TASL in collaboration with Airbus Defence and Space.
On this occasion, Modi said that this is our government's clear vision to make India Aatmnirbhar, especially in Defence Sector. "For this, we have taken many steps. The aircraft manufacturing facility in Vadodara is India's giant leap towards becoming self-reliant in the aviation sector."
Christian Scherer, Airbus Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) on Sunday highligted India's huge business potential on the sidelines of the foundation stone laying ceremony of the C-295 transport aircraft manufacturing facility in Gujarat's Vadodara.