By Ajit Dubey |
Up to date: Aug 12, 2026 18:41 IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Trying to exchange its ageing fleet of cargo planes, the Defence Ministry at this time issued a young price round Rs one lakh crore for purchasing 60 multirole transport plane for the Indian Air Drive.
The tender has been issued to a number of Indian firms, together with Hindustan Aeronautics Restricted (HAL), Tata, and Mahindra, Defence Officers instructed ANI, including that “Within the programme, Indian firms can be within the lead function.”
Mahindra Defence has tied up with Embraer of Brazil to supply its C-390 transport aircraft, whereas Tata goes with Lockheed Martin to supply their C-130 aircraft, which is already within the Indian Air Drive for particular operations roles.
The programme would see round 20 per cent of the planes becoming a member of the Indian Air Drive in fly-away situation, whereas the remainder of them can be manufactured in India with over 60 per cent indigenous content material. The plane shall be inbuilt India by way of joint ventures between Indian firms and the unique tools producer, HAL.
The Indian Air Drive already operates 12 C-130J Tremendous Hercules planes in its fleet. As well as, IAF is already working with Airbus on the C-295 transport plane, as round 70 of them are going to be inducted into the forces, with the vast majority of them being made in India.
The Indian Air Drive has already issued a young for purchasing 114 Rafale fighter jets as a part of its modernisation plan, whereas additionally it is inducting over 100 coach planes to interchange its Hawk jet trainers and augmenting its capability to coach its pilots in view of the rising variety of fighter jet squadrons.
The Indian Air Drive might also use the MTA planes as tankers for refuelling plane within the air and to move tools and troops at a speedy tempo. (ANI)
