What is Airbus A400M?

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About Airbus A400M:

It is a European-built military transport aircraft.
The aircraft is manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space, a division of the European aerospace and defence firm Airbus.
It combines the capability to carry strategic loads with the ability to deliver even into tactical locations with small and unprepared airstrips.
It can carry large cargo, vehicles, troops, and paratroopers or be configured for medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) missions.
Features:
- A powerful turboprop engine that gives the A400M the ability to operate from short, unimproved airfields.
- Maximum takeoff weight: 141 metric tons (309,000 pounds)
- Maximum payload: 37 metric tons (41 short tons).
- It can carry up to 116 fully equipped troops or 66 stretchers and 25 medical attendants. The cargo hold can take nine standard military pallets.
- Range: 8,900 kilometers (5,530 miles)
- Speed: 780 kilometers per hour (485 miles per hour)
- The aircraft is equipped with in-flight refuelling capabilities.
- The aircraft’s independent navigation system comprises an inertial reference system (IRS) integrated with a global positioning system (GPS).
- It features an advanced glass cockpit with modern avionics and control systems.

What is a turboprop aircraft?

A turboprop aircraft uses a turbo-prop engine rather than a piston-powered engine or a jet engine.
They have one or more gas-turbine engines connected to a gearbox that turns the propeller(s) to move the aircraft on the ground and through the air.
Turboprop aircraft have lower operating costs than jets because they burn less fuel, but they are also slower than jets.

Q1) What is a C295 Transport Aircraft?

It is a new-generation tactical airlifter in the light and medium segment that will replace the aging Avro aircraft of the Indian Air Force. It was designed and built by Airbus, a European multinational aerospace corporation. It is robust and reliable but also highly versatile in terms of the number of different missions it can perform.

Source: Airbus pitches A-400M transport aircraft for IAF’s Medium Transport Aircraft contest