India’s Tata group and Airbus will make the C-295 transport aircraft in the country, the government said on Thursday, the first such production by a local private company amid a push for an expansion of defence manufacturing.
India, among the world’s largest defence importers, has been trying to cut its reliance on foreign firms and increase local output.
Only state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd currently makes aircraft, mainly for the armed forces.
