{"id":10479,"date":"2023-05-09T02:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T20:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=10479"},"modified":"2025-03-29T20:32:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T15:02:33","slug":"what-is-the-airbus-c295","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-the-airbus-c295\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Airbus C295?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Airbus C295:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>new-generation tactical airlifter in the light and medium segment<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>designed and built by Airbus<\/strong>, a European multinational aerospace corporation.<\/li>\n<li>It is robust and reliable but also <strong>highly versatile in terms of the number of different missions it can perform.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The C295 <strong>conducts multi-role operations worldwide<\/strong> <strong>under all weather conditions.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Types of Missions:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is known to be a <strong>superior aircraft used for tactical transport <\/strong>of up to 71 troops or 50 paratroopers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Air-to-Air refuelling:<\/strong> It can be converted into an<strong> air tanker that can deliver up to 6,000 kg of gasoline<\/strong> to fixed and rotary wing receivers by adding a detachable refuelling kit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Airborne Early Warning (AEW):<\/strong> It has a cutting-edge <strong>radar with 360-degree coverage<\/strong> to give a complete picture of the airspace in its Airborne Early Warning variant.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Water-Bomber:<\/strong> It can be transformed into a <strong>powerful water bomber<\/strong> that can <strong>put out forest fires<\/strong> with up to 7,000 litres of water due to a flexible roll-on\/roll-off system.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Armed\/Ground ISR (Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance):<\/strong> A close-air-support operation that uses an ISR with a multi-mission radar that can also be weaponized.<\/li>\n<li>The aircraft can be <strong>utilised for casualty or medical evacuation<\/strong> as well as <strong>airdropping loads and paratroopers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is equipped to handle special missions, <strong>disaster relief operations<\/strong>, and maritime patrol responsibilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is a tactical airlifter?<\/h3>\n<p>Tactical airlift is a military term for the airborne transportation of supplies and equipment within a theatre of operations (in contrast to strategic airlift). Aircraft that perform this role are referred to as tactical airlifters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/1st-airbus-c295-for-india-successfully-completes-maiden-flight-2376598-2023-05-09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>First Airbus C295 for India successfully completes its maiden flight<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airbus C295 is a new-generation tactical airlifter in the light and medium segment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}