Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) [India], May 2 (ANI): Trials of made in India Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) were successfully conducted at Pokhran Field Firing Range (PFFR) between April 26 and May 2, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) officials said on Monday.

New Delhi Sep 24 PTI The Defence Ministry on Friday inked a nearly Rs 20000 crore contract with Airbus Defence and Space of Spain to procure 56 C-295 medium transport aircraft which will replace Avro-748 planes of the Indian Air ForceThe long-pending procurement was cleared by theCabinet Committee on Security two weeks backContract signed between MinistryOfDefence and AirbusDefence Space Spain for procurement of 56 C-295 transport aircraft for the IAF Defence Ministry Spokesperson A Bharat Bhushan Babu tweetedUnder the deal 16 aircraft will be delivered in a flyaway condition by the Airbus Defence and Space within 48 months of signing the contractThe remaining 40 planes will be manufactured in India by a consortium of the Airbus Defence and Space and Tata Advanced Systems Limited TASL within 10 years of signing the contract officials saidThe C-295 MW aircraft is a transport plane of 5-10 tonne capacityThis is the first project of its kind in which a military aircraft will be manufactured in India by a private companyAll 56 aircraft will be installed with indigenous electronic warfare suite the ministry had said on September 8 after the procurement was cleared by the Cabinet Committee on SecurityThe in-principle approval for the Avro replacement programme was accorded around nine years backA large number of detail parts sub-assemblies and major component assemblies of aerostructure are scheduled to be manufactured in IndiaThe ministry had said that before completion of the deliveries a servicing facility for C-295 MW aircraft is scheduled to be set up in IndiaPTI MPB DV DV