India’s Cabinet Committee on Security has decided on Sept. 8 to clear the way for the purchase of 56 C295 transport aircraft. It also approves the conversion of six A319 airliners from Air India into airborne early warning (AEW) platforms.
Jakkrit Prasertwit (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2), via Wikimedia Commons
Forty of those C295s will be built in India by Airbus along with Tata.
The conversion of the A319s means that India has abandoned plans to acquire A330s from Airbus for the early warning project.
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