UHulumeni waseNdiya ukhethe, ngemuva kweminyaka eyisithupha yokufunda, esivumelwaneni esenziwe yinhlangano esayinwe yi-European Airbus-Defense kanye ne-Indian Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) sokuthenga amayunithi angama-56 endiza yokuthutha ngobuchule i-C- 295, ebiza cishe izigidi ezingama-2,500 zamaRandi, ngokusho kwemithombo yezindaba ehlukahlukene ekhethekile. Nokho, inkontileka isalinde ukusayinwa. Okwamanje, ifayela lisesigabeni sokugunyazwa kwezezimali ngokuya ngemithombo evela kuMnyango Wezokuvikela, ecashunwe olwazini. Amayunithi amasha ahloselwe ukuvala isikhala semikhumbi ye-Indian Air Force Avro-748.
Indiza ye-C-295 inika umsebenzi embonini ye-Sevillian Airbus kanye nesikhungo Sezempi se-Airbus e-El Puerto de Santa María (Cadiz), ephethe ukukhiqiza izingxenye zensimbi zemodeli. Inkontileka okuxoxiswene ngayo icacisa ukuthi i-Airbus izohlinzeka ngendiza yokuqala eyi-16 ezimeni zendiza. Amanye, amayunithi angama-40, azohlanganiswa emigqeni ye-TASL. Le modeli yokuphatha yaziswa uhulumeni waseNdiya, uzibophezele kulolu hlelo. 'Make-in-India', okuhloswe ngayo ukuqinisa imboni kazwelonke yamakhono aphezulu.
