Sandeep Singh Will Be The Deputy Chief Of Indian Air Force

Sandeep Singh will be the Deputy Chief of the Indian Air Force. The new Deputy Chief of the Indian Air Force will be Air Marshal Sandeep Singh.

He will succeed Air Marshal VR Choudhary, who will take over as the Chief of the Air Staff on September 30. He will replace Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria.

Government’s deal with Airbus for the purchase of 56 C-295 aircraft, a contract of about 20 thousand crores.

The Defense Ministry on Friday signed a contract with Airbus Defense and Space of Spain for about Rs 20,000 crore to buy 56 C-295 transport aircraft that will replace the Indian Air Force’s Avro-748 aircraft.

The long-pending deal was cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Security two weeks ago.

A contract was signed between the Ministry of Defense and Airbus Defense Space, Spain for the procurement of 56 C-295 transport aircraft for the IAF.

Under the deal, 16 aircraft will be delivered by Airbus Defense & Space within 48 months of the signing of the contract, which will be in flight condition.

Officials said the remaining 40 aircraft will be manufactured in India by a consortium of Airbus Defense and Space and Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) within 10 years of the signing of the contract.

The C-295 MW aircraft is a 5-10 tonne transport aircraft. This is the first project of its kind in which a military aircraft will be manufactured in India by a private company.

“All the 56 aircraft will be fitted with indigenous Electronic Warfare Suites,” the ministry had said on September 8, after the Cabinet Committee on Security Affairs cleared the purchase.

The approval under the Avro replacement program was given about nine years ago.

Explain that a large number of detailed parts, sub-assemblies, and major component assemblies of aerostructures are to be manufactured in India.

The ministry had said there are plans to set up a C-295 MW aircraft servicing facility in India before the delivery is completed.