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production and final assembly. undertaken in the country,
Through the C-295 programme, alongside the manufacturing
these capabilities are being of approximately 13,000 detail
developed and executed in India, parts. The programme has also
creating a foundation that will certified 21 special processes
support the nation's aerospace and onboarded 40+ India-
ambitions for decades to come. based suppliers from both the
Yet the significance of public and private sectors,
the programme extends well creating a robust domestic
beyond the Final Assembly Line. aerospace supply chain. This
Its greatest achievement lies supplier network is crucial
in the ecosystem it is helping because national capability
create—bringing together Indian in aviation is built not only in
industry, large manufacturers, one final assembly facility, but
MSMEs and technology partners across hundreds of processes,
into a single aerospace value parts, tools, quality systems
chain. and trained enterprises. Today,
A defining feature of the Indian companies are producing
programme is the depth of thousands of components and
Indian industrial participation. sub-assemblies for the C-295,
More than 85 per cent of while an expanding supplier
the structural work and final base is contributing to every
assembly activities for the 40 stage of production. In doing
India-built aircraft are being so, these enterprises are not
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