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Airbus Defense and Space is ramping up production rates of its C295 twin-turboprop airlifter to meet demand from domestic and international customers.
The airframer will ramp up from 10 to 13 aircraft per year at its production site in Seville, Spain, as the company prepares to deliver about 34 C295s to Madrid, as well as aircraft for other militaries. Airbus announced the production rate increase on June 24 as the company delivered the first C295 in a search-and-rescue configuration to the Spanish Air Force. Airbus will deliver eight aircraft in the Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) configuration, while another eight will be produced in a Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) configuration to replace Spain’s now-retired Lockheed P-3 Orions.
Airbus will also deliver 18 more C295s in a transport configuration to be used for the Spanish Air Force’s Efficient Propulsion Air Mobility Teaching Technologies program that will replace CN.235s and C.212s used for multi-engine flight and paradrop training.
The first two examples of this program will be handed over this year. Two more MSA aircraft will also be delivered before year-end, while the first MPA derivative will be in customer hands in 2028.
Airbus has also reported C295 orders from the Royal Thai Air Force and Royal Thai Navy for two aircraft each earlier this year.
Spotters in Seville have also photographed a C295 destined for Morocco, an order that has not been declared by Airbus or Moroccan authorities.
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