India’s 1st C295 and why this transport aircraft marks beginning of new era of Indian aviation

[@ThePrintIndia]

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[@_itachi7904]

Not to forget C17's role in carrying oxygen tanks from Singapore during the 2nd wave of corona outbreak.

[@spasarma]

What a change just 10 years. In 2013 UPA defence minister told parliament that we don't have money to purchase Aircraft to purchase and replace battalion of Aircraft. Just 10 years. We imagine how can Congress can do 50 years

[@sujithkumar2041]

Nonsense. Globemaster was bought during UPA. Yeah, we got freedom in 2014.

[@गरुड़सोल्जर]

​@@sujithkumar2041Modi govt purchase Apache, Chinook,Romio helicopter S 400,M777 howitzer Rafel aircraft,c295

[@DevilBg-cv2hx]

​@@sujithkumar2041ak Anthony said best defence against china is not to upgrade roads

[@AbhishekTibrewalnoida]

​@@sujithkumar2041are you comparing the defence purchase that happened during UPA and BJP Govt's tenure?

[@shoshithbakri9281]

​@@sujithkumar2041: UPA ney RAFALE kithne kharide...???🤭

[@ravinagaraj7003]

One aspect of a private aircraft builder like Tata is that unlike HAL, such a builder is free to accept orders from civilian sources from short haul airlines and build C295s equipped for purpose. Since Tata owns two airlines, this may not be a huge leap of imagination.

[@ChandranPrema123]

HAL has no Accountability like profits or loss doesn't matter to them. Atleast that's not the case with ISRO and Indian Railways

[@someonejustsomeone1469]

HAL is actually the only company that doesn't care at all. Even OFB, DRDO and NHAI are undergoing leaps and bounds.

[@SamirMishra6174]

HAL Is actually a traitor, it is because of them that our Air Force was so weak. They don't do it intentionally, but that is the result. That's Indian Marxist Trade Union for you, the Marxist in China and USSR work hard for their country.

[@sitarampradhan8488]

HAL has no accountability the run by labour union. If govt don't give them free loading they will go for strike.

[@ohboeeboee]

Reform in HAL was undermined by the opposition and a section of the press. with all the noise about disinvestment...and public sector getting the axe stuff

[@Siddharth_Rao]

Gupta Ji is at his best when he covers Indian defence forces and equipment. Ive seen this episode more than once and everytime I watch it, I learn something new, very well compiled and presented. I hope he does one on Submarines and one on the Sub tracking capabilities of Indian Navy. Cheers!!

[@ThePrintIndia]

Thank you for your kind words, Siddharth. You've certainly given me an idea with the submarines suggestion. Thank you also for supporting our journalism...best wishes, Shekhar

[@pratassaharia2996]

Gupta Sir, recently Jyoti ma'am had made a comment to France24 channel regarding opposition states have more freedom, like freedom to walk and talk (I might not be quite right here). I know by saying so I open myself to a lot of ridicule and name calling. But still, I do not think she was right and accurate. She exercised her right to speech ofc. But an inaccurate comment in the media isn't appreciated. And NO. It doesn't reduce india's position and India is stronger than that, but issues of credibility come into question when sweeping comments are made. Freedom of Speech isn't free in the nation but we do know, her statement isn't true as well. Just wanted to let this out. I exercised by right to speech. And I love The Print and her shows as well.

[@spasarma]

She is a hard core anti bjp man ..just keeping on low profile due to compulsion of livelihood

[@pratassaharia2996]

@@spasarma But even she must know how empty her statement was.

[@kaustubhraizada]

​@@pratassaharia2996yes so hardcore that people or editors were booked for making the report on manipur which was asked by army , recently supreme court put stay on there case 😂😂 freedom of speech is curtailed every day ek baar koi news channel khol ke adani ya ambani par ek baar bol do agle din channel gayab ho jaayega😂😂

[@pratassaharia2996]

@@kaustubhraizada 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kaustubhraizada]

@@pratassaharia2996 you even don't know the news as you were busy in sudheer tihadi news who's video of asking 100 crore bribe still on KZbin 😂

[@MrBizaaro]

Damn! Never thought I would sit and watch an episode about some transport aircraft. Great episode and personal nuggets.

[@mg.f.9023]

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." - Henry Ford

[@BharatThatIsIndia]

"If it seems that everything is pulling you down, remember that they might be helping you like gravity does by holding the atmosphere so that you can breathe." - Vishal Kumar Yadav😊

[@jkardez4794]

Very disingenuous. Do you always require headwinds in life to move forward ? Far from it , tailwinds in the jetstream helps cut the journey time of aircrafts by hours .

[@rajesh_624]

aircrafts take off both against and with winds. What nonsense.

[@aatmaDipoBhava]

HAL should focus on designing, research and development, innovation. It should give the manufacturing to private sector.

[@Shineon83]

Absolutely…Too much delay & corruption whenever people are given “Government” money.

[@biswaroopmaiti2943]

You're forgetting they have limited: Aukat 😅 If you're thinking of Tejas, it's R&D was done by ADA, RW etc. not HAL.

[@prakat1082]

​@@biswaroopmaiti2943: In general ,we ,indians, have limited intellect to bring out such products .

[@aatmaDipoBhava]

@@prakat1082 its not about intellect, its about fund and slow red tapism. Indians have designed the secretive US planes already like that bat shaped bomber

[@prakat1082]

@@aatmaDipoBhava : Which plane ? Secret ! We are not able to design and produce commercial planes like Boeing or Airbus . China has done it . Only intellect problem .

[@OMKARKULKARNIorkul1991]

State competition for growth is something we should all embrace and encourage. Maharashtra and Gujarat always compete to each other. Not only that Tamilnad, Telangana, Andhra, Karnataka also compete with all other Indian states. Maharashtra’s Mihaan has dedicated facility and talent for aeronautic sector requirements.

[@manojsjoshi]

Well researched and nicely articulated. Shekharji you made technicals a story like.

[@robinho6760]

Airbus is not ONLY FRENCH, Airbus is owned by Spanish, French and German government. And this model is 100% designed in Spain and produced in Seville Spain, as it comes from CASA, Spanish aircraft company now part of Airbus.

[@cyrilmathew4136]

4:32 - The "canard" pun was a good one Guptaji. Kudos.

[@seshanm54]

Very interesting and illuminating stuff Shekhar, particular the history of such aircraft & the importance of logistics🙏

[@availablehage]

Thanks!

[@ThePrintIndia]

Hi, Thank you for supporting our journalism.

[@RajeshAntique]

C295 is very versatile air craft. Beside transport ,it can be converted into ISTAR , small bomber for carpet bombing. Troops carrying , Radar scanner for sea and land ,spy plane .

[@utpalbhowmick6281]

C295 should be manufactured in thousand in india both for defence as well as civilian use . Low cost airport completly far away from big airport and a chain of low cost civilian flight connecting b class cities . One thousand c295 for civilian use and two thousand for army ,airforce and navy each one having 800 aircraft

[@robinho6760]

c295 is Spanish and must be manufactured in Spain at least in part, like now, 12-14 of those going to India are manufactured in Spain, as it is a SPANISH aircraft both by design and manufacture.

[@abhishes]

This is really good development. Indian is making great progress with HAL on Tajas and we have an alternate stream of manufacturing staring in private sector for transport aircrafts. lovely.

[@mayankindian3750]

😊❤🇮🇳

[@aryaman05]

This is archive material ! Thank you.👍

[@ratnakamal1]

I believe that it was Napoleon who said that an army marches on its belly. This indicates the importance of logistics. The C295 will help in ferrying men and material to where they are needed. And now, it is a home grown plane.

[@mikgsal1384]

Fairchild Packet C119 was modified with the HAL Ajeet/Marut Orpheus 701 engine by our very own HAL jugaad. Picture at 15.09 courtesy of Bharat Rakshak.

[@niladribanerjee2821]

God, I hope opposition also understand that importing defence stuff and earn cut money from defence dalal is no longer good for India. We need to self sufficient atleast in logistics of defence stuffs and this govt is doing good.

[@mayankindian3750]

And also build military industrial complex in India 🙂😊🇮🇳

[@amritsinghh]

Sir , India is supposed to recieve 50 boeing 737 max which were intended to be picked by china but chinese had a stick up their ass(excuse my french). SO , INDIA will recieve 50 737 before dec 2024. This is will be the quickest rise in fleet in history of aviation. I hope you read more on it and enlighten us. I can give more details, if you guys are interested. Oh..I am a b737 pilot

[@pratassaharia2996]

Yes please

[@illzn06]

Liking your comment for your knowledge of frech😂

[@itwillhappen8150]

So how is that amazing and special that India is spending so much on buying Boeing stuff whereas India does not even have toilets for its population and it has some people with jiggered toes?

[@Tir2002]

👍 for your french

[@itwillhappen8150]

@@Tir2002 nope ain't French but Bahratian

[@dandmello5283]

❤ it's nice listening👍 to your News&Views&Updates daily

[@arkabanerjee1627]

A treasure of knowledge history and iaf technology

[@mukeshkumardeo7400]

Salute to your knowledge of extreme exellency

[@azharyasinhashmi120]

It's as important as making Fighter jets. Good luck and keep it up... ❤

[@VenomM778]

You forget the Biju Pattnaik's Dakota. He flew it to Indonesia to rescue it's president.

[@manubhatt3]

Imagine the idiocy of Indian bureaucrats and politicians that they trusted foreign private and public sector companies more than the domestic private sector for 75 years!

[@jkardez4794]

After 75 years India still trusts foreign private companies to make mobiles , cars ,buses ,planes ,air-conditioners ,washing machines , and Chinese consumer goods .

[@juanangelalonsoruiz8839]

Pues no sé equivocan pues el C295 de casa haora Airbus es español y el mejor de su clase una auténtica maravilla con una relación calidad precio inmejorable un producto español100x100.

[@ivangim1]

Great start, India. Keep up the momentum.

[@SajidKhan-mf8ts]

Must say a good line in " Amatures talk tactics....Professionals talk Logistics " .

[@subhrangsudutta8029]

Thanks for sharing your 1st hand experience 🙏🙏✌️✌️

[@ThePrintIndia]

Thank you for watching and writing, Subhrangsu...best wishes, Shekhar

[@rajenmds]

SG ji quite amazing to know about your journalistic knowledge on the functioning of Army its assets and various important incidents and it’s relevance. Information not only about India and but about other countries. I salute you. I am also learning. நெல்லுக்கு இறைத்த நீர் ஆங்கே புல்லுக்கும் கசியுமாமும். As a say it is very difficult to translate proverb’s in one language into another language.

[@mobbu6527]

You sir, certainly know a lot about aircrafts and defence machines

[@georgejosephnagaparampil2594]

gupthagi i think you forgotten to mention lockeed 1049 super constellation (9 of them we had) it was the work horse of IAF durning 1962 war . it was also used as assam courrir and UK courir .good presentation.

[@MrPrash1234]

Number of IL76 is not correct (reported only 6 in this report). There are seventeen IL76 - 7@Chandigarh, 7@Nagpur and 3 at Delhi. In addition, there are 6 IL-78s (mid air refulers) based at Agra.

[@prashanthb6521]

Saara plaan batado 🤦‍♂

[@MrPrash1234]

@@prashanthb6521 I am not from military and no one from my family/friends have served in the Air Force .. like many Indians here, I am just a keen reader of defense stuff .. everything I wrote above is from the open source .. everyone knows it ..

[@fuad6280]

​@MrPrash1234 Sounds like you're well informed. What sources would you suggest to read and to stay updated on defense related news?

[@CatOfCulture]

IL78s are completely different bro. You won't be able to use them for cargo like the others right?

[@MrPrash1234]

@@CatOfCulture IL78 is just a variant of IL76 with removable fuel tanks and refueling pods. Remove those fuel tanks and you have a large cargo aircraft. Pakistanis have 4 IL78s and you see them flying around the world on cargo duties.

[@hemantshiv043]

What a episode...❤

[@SHAILESHKUMAR-lp7yu]

The pain of shekhar

[@nikhiljaitly1334]

For all they know, HAL stock price has tripled in the last 2.5 years , this should shut up those who say what will happen to HAL 😅

[@Shineon83]

Thanks! The PRIVATE SECTOR is the BEST WAY to go-far too much CORRUPTION & DELAY occurs with public industry….Transport Aircraft will be CRITICAL to Indian Military.

[@ThePrintIndia]

Dear Elizabeth, We, at ThePrint, thank you for your continuous effort to support our journalism with your generous contributions.

[@thomassimon6975]

Hindustan Aircraft Limited, now known as Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), has a rich history that dates back to December 23, 1940, when it was founded by Walchand Hirachand in association with Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV of the Kingdom of Mysore ¹. The company's first office was set up in a bungalow called "Eventide" on Domlur Road in Bangalore. The Mysore Kingdom played a significant role in the company's early days, investing ₹25 lakh and holding a one-third stake in the company ¹. The British Indian Government later nationalized the company in April 1942, buying out the stakes of Walchand Hirachand and other promoters.

[@shillong2011]

Mr.gupta has started to play to the galleries. Making most of insignificant things.

[@umesh_mohan]

Shekharji, you couldn't help talking about HAL. It was a superfluous discussion. Whatever you may say, what's happening now in aviation you would never have anticipated...

[@siddharthakumardutta155]

Beautiful narration.🙏🙏🙏

[@LoudBinay]

Aircrafts have been in use for nearly 100 years now and thanks to HAL we don't have a 100% indigenous passenger and AF capability aircraft. Thanks to HAL and government restrictions, embargo & sanctions west always had upper hand. Today is the age of drone - no human casualty in air, battleground and sea can be imagined however note these western governments seem to entice us in with out dated weaponry and battlefield tactics. Indian defence need to adopt technology,like Israelis and use this type of aircraft for the udaan program for internal logistics. At the same time develop sophisticated drone military and exoskeleton soldiers who are in 1:100 human ratio. Sometimes I wonder why our country wastes so much money in defence, if right education and civilian training could have cost effectively balanced such security concerns. All ILP residents must have access to defensive weapons for the country's safeguards. DRDO must get in to tactical missile development on drone operated vehicles that are using India's indigenous satelite program with redundant backup of western and commi satellites to be effective.

[@Rising._.Thunder]

when you replace human soldiers with AI enabled exoskeleton robots, you are going to have to deal with riots in the states of Bihar, UP and bengal. Remember that these states, especially Bihar have a HUGE army of uneducated and unemployed youth who depend on the military recruitments just to get a job. We all saw what happened when the armed forces brought the Agniveer scheme. How do we deal with such kind of youth? India cannot afford to replace human soldiers with drones and machines, atleast until 2040.

[@LoudBinay]

@@Rising._.Thunder this is so true my friend I completely agree what happened to agniveer program. But State is actually not supposed to be the employer but acts as an enabler. What else can I possibly perceive.

[@Tir2002]

Making civilian aircraft is no joke 😂 you guys think it's easy, everyone can do that? Even if you make one, it will take decades to get safety license, these Airbus and Boeing have started that long ago, and india that time was going through economic problems

[@LoudBinay]

@@Tir2002 I am not asking to develop a jet tomorrow or by 2025 dost. But out large airlines just ordered bunch of deals that are worth billions of $s and even if we start today with technology and know how available we can dominate by 2035 or more realistically 2040. Won't you agree to this? Our lca program is called indigenous but all critical parts came from the west yeat AF purchased 4.5 gen rafelle and with much deliberation Tejas. HAL or maybe the government let us down here. Tejas is 3rd gen in the Drone era. I don't want my brother's or sisters to lose lives flying archaic technology. Huge salute for those in front line but that are not sacrificial animals, they are the most talented and deshbhakt.

[@jaedmah7795]

Bangladesh Bought two C-295s in 2017, Those are very good transport aircraft.

[@rajesh_624]

Any comparision of cost? or is it secret sealed covers again?

[@nitinpatel1039]

I just span of 2 year of this plant, we have aircraft acquisition wow, compare this to Hal still waiting for 1st squadron of lca mk1a, we need more of jet project given to pvt sectors

[@ChandranPrema123]

But who?

[@rajesh_624]

Yes buy with public money - help private players acquire technology.

[@tirumalaikamalakanthamanan4847]

Very nice in depth presentation

[@srikanthgjoshi]

I worked on this last 5 years 🙏

[@Ramesh-ef8ev]

Let HAL CONCENTRATE ONLY ON TEJAS , AND FIXING THE OTHER FIGHTER GETS . Added that it can work on defense helicopters....

[@amodjp]

Even if HAL is full of orders it still needs private partnership to expand, the market for LCH , LCA has expanded due to the Ukraine war

[@mayankindian3750]

Yes bro 🙂

[@Drganguli]

This will boost aerospace engineering in India

[@shrinivaskoppal]

The Behemoth Tata group being in the automobile manufacturing since 70 years still uses American Cummins engines in commercial vehicles and Fiat licenced engine in their flagship SUVs, The Tatas still haven't designed and developed their own commercial vehicle engine in these last 70 years ,😢😢😢😢

[@amolwadhwani1000]

What are the geopolitical implications of India's shift towards partnerships and acquisitions in aviation, including its alignment with the U.S. as a supplier, and how might this impact regional dynamics?

[@mayankindian3750]

Ecosystem ban jayega na bhai bharat me 🙂😊🙏

[@BharatThatIsIndia]

Shekhar ji, no one will raise any issue in this transport Air craft case bcz it is done in collaboration with TATA. People have trust in TATA. The Raffle issue got triggered bcz Anil Ambani didn't have any experience and also he was becoming bankrupt. Along with that his business acumen was for everyone to see. If the Rafale deal was made with Tata, Bajaj or even Mahindra, people would not have questioned it that much.

[@sujithkumar2041]

Now the logical question is what prompted gvt to deal with a bankrupt Ambani?

[@jkardez4794]

They should have given the contract to Adani transmission to keep it a family affair.

[@2010anilshukla]

Master class from SG! 👍🌹

[@ThePrintIndia]

Thank you, Anil. I'm glad you liked this episode. Do keep watching and writing in...best wishes, Shekhar

[@JosemanuelDominguezpriet-ht4oc]

El c 295, muy buen avion.en los cinco continentes.❤🎉😮

[@TheOnyx_prime]

Hal has 83k crores pending orders to deliver which will be delivered in 3023😊. So much for monopoly

[@Shri_Hegde]

Hope India build 360 degree capable AWACs soon based on this platform

[@sunnyverghese8232]

It changed into a history lesson very fast…….!! This man is just rambling…..😅

[@Shineon83]

TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT ARE KEY FOR TRANSPORTING TROOPS & LARGE EQUIPMENT ….They are CRITICAL to any LARGE, MODERN MILITARY

[@mutluruvasudevan193]

This Govt policy appears to be that First Receipt will be imported. Hence forth, better start making in India and no more imports. A good policy , I think.

[@sanjoysaha3228]

This aircraft will path the way for manufacturing of popular commercial aircraft in category of A320/1 350 etc. If it is not today, may be 10 years down the line.

[@rokuth]

Would this be an opening for the Airbus A400M for India? It should be noted that the C295 is itself derived from the CASA/IPTN C235, a joint Spanish and Indonesian aircraft. Currently, Indonesia is a hub for the C295 production as well.

[@arkaitzetxeandia7542]

Indonesia co-produced the CN-235 with Spain... but has not participated in the development of the C-295, only producing it under license.

[@murshidkhan8712]

Good luck India from aowmilig (hasina)

[@abhishes]

Maharashtra, Haryana, Gujarat and Southern states always win. Losers are always Rajasthan, Punjab, MP, UP, Bihar and Orissa. I wish the center would spread such industries equally.

[@RemoDesu-w7q]

Thanks once again to Modi ji. Make In India. Modi hai toh mumkin hai. Now India private aircraft manufacturers will multiply. Next step, all world class aircraft be Made In India. Jai Bharat.

[@mayuraggarwal1420]

how collectively Guptaji gets all the clutter first, then cuts through it

[@upadhyayrathiraj1518]

Gains: Equipment, technology, ancillary services & production, employment, strengthen IAF capabilities.

[@wannabg5792]

Kitna deti hai?

[@TheOnyx_prime]

Maharashtra receives 15 billion fdi 3 times the gujrat now who is there to say gujrat is taking all our investment. Saudi signed memorandom with gov to invest 50 billion in refinery in Maharashtra no one appreciated this

[@PankajGupta-df1kk]

So good

[@chrysostomgunaseelan3907]

After foreign inputs and license manufacturing of engines and airframes, over nearly 80 years, the 1.5 billion Indians cannot design and build their own aircraft, relying here on the 50 million Spanish to supply basic transport aircraft for them. I find this level of performance to be sub- optimal: even the Indonesians are able to innovate in their collaboration , and certainly the Chinese too.

[@deepakkishanYT]

Thanks to HAL we are 10+ years late on completion of delivery of Tejus MK1 forget getting MK2 until 2035

[@Shri_Hegde]

HAL and DRDO should only focus on new technology and coming up with prototypes... Real production should be given to Private sectors SO that we can go parallel with rest of the world otherwise we will stay one genaration behind them like we are in the early stages of building 5th gen fighter while europe and USA are in early stages of 6th gen fighters

[@karthikj8969]

“Sirf savings se kaam nahi chalega” !!

[@MrAshraf1949]

India needs food production as Indians can not eat bullets. Roti is needs food and fight poverty.

[@narendrajoshi790]

Gupta ji is graying😂 Nostalgia

[@prasadrn5896]

Good that HAL has competition. But professionalism has to be inculcated in HAL

[@TheOnyx_prime]

Im bjp supporter but i like this guy

[@ashu281000]

rahul will not act like cry baby in tata-airbus joint venture

[@sanjoysaha3228]

As we know Tata, they will manufacture indegebious aircraft in future if not in near future.

[@vijaysharanski9546]

Wonderful.

[@srinivasrao369]

Make in India 🇮🇳 is just a myth We only make tyres

[@dandekrishnaprasad6154]

why can't we get support from Safron Company, who are willing to join us to co-produce the 110 KW new engine?

[@RaviChandran-nu4wl]

It is natural that PM would want to develop Gujarat, However positing vital Defence Industries in Gujarat may not be wise. It is a state that borders Pakistan. In time of conflict, these factories become easy targets. These industries should be located in Central or Southern India which are far from the border. The distance from the border offers some additional security.

[@alokebhattacharya7690]

Our CM is encouraging citizens, to make fritters.

[@diconayak]

Why India not buying V22osprey to get tactical advantage?

[@lakshaysiwach3652]

please make a video on the vangaurd group and blackrock

[@ravisingh-vp1tp]

2.01 sec ,I was waiting for The print to show its actual agenda and intention. Just create Rift and enemity

[@hockchyequa2776]

Yup, congrats indeed. I am sure this aircraft can fly to the moon

[@79rkaul]

HAL will also have super sukhoi upgrade

[@abc69.]

Waiting for pappu to say "Rafael ghotala......Rafael ghotala repeating......."

[@jallapavan]

Gujarath is in striking distance from pKiathan , ideal location is in south india

[@prashanthb6521]

But gujjus are not there in south India. So ideal location remains GJ.

[@BharatThatIsIndia]

If Air India was sold to Anil Ambani or Mukesh Ambani or Adani, der would have been lots of noise. Not only bcz it would have been seen as Corny capitalism, but the people of India don't trust these brands like we trust Tata. Bajaj, Mahindra and Mukesh Amabni come next. When it was sold to Tata, not only the opposition lost any point to raise questions as people of India believe that Air India is in better hands. Also, Air India going to Tata was a poetic justice.

[@maheshmanian]

As you said Logistics is the first

[@uzumakimodi493]

Don't forget to buy hal shares. Its booming

[@Descriptions568]

The transport C-295 is Spanish not French. It's from CASA.

[@Gsjdujdbdv]

Ok. I bought YT Premium to skip ads but greed is unconquerable

[@ramm.9308]

But the Fact is Maharashtra is losing 😢

[@manteshsharma9351]

Every state is competing with Gujarat. Every state is losing only Gujarat is winning. I really doubt if this is truly a competition.

[@sarweshwardayal9687]

ShekarJi Only 2-3 min for current news. Other history has been told on earlier episodes. Why waste time of regular listeners.