EADS CASA C - 295 The EADS CASA C - 295 is a twin - turboprop tactical military transport aircraft manufactured by Airbus Military in Spain . Design and development . The C - 295 is manufactured and assembled in the Airbus Military facilities in the San Pablo Airport , in Seville , Spain . It is a further development of the commercially successful Spanish – Indonesia n transport aircraft CASA / IPTN CN - 235 , but with a stretched fuselage , 50 % more payload capability and new PW127G turboprop engines . The C - 295 made its maiden flight in 1998 . The first order came from the Spanish Air Force . In 2012 , EADS announced several enhancements to the design , including winglets , and an ability to carry the Marte anti - ship missile . An airborne early warning and control version is also planned . Operational history . The C - 295 is in service with the Armed Forces of 15 countries . , 121 C295s have been contracted and 94 are in service , two were lost in an accidents . The C - 295 was also a major bidder for the US Army / US Air Force Joint Cargo Aircraft ( JCA ) which was awarded to the L - 3 Communications / Alenia team on June 13 , 2007 . The C - 295 was considered a higher risk by the Army due to its use of a new operational mode to meet altitude and range requirements . The C - 295 is a candidate to replace the Canadian Forces ' s DHC - 5 Buffalo s . This aircraft , along with the C - 27J Spartan , is also a candidate to replace the Indonesian Air Force ' s Fokker F27 s and the Peruvian Air Force ' s Antonov An - 32 s . In November 2011 , the Australian Department of Defence put out a request for information on the C - 295 and C - 27J as a belated replacement for Australia ' s already retired de Havilland Canada DHC - 4 Caribou . In July 2012 Poland ordered an additional five C - 295s , this order also made the Polish Air Force largest single operator of the C295 , flying a total of 16 aircraft . In January 2013 , Airbus reported that a total of 28 C - 295s had been sold during 2012 in what was described as a " bumper year " . Possible Sales . The Government of the Philippines is considering the purchase of a number of Indonesian - made military aircraft following a visit of the Indonesian Vice Defence Minister who arrived on one of the aircraft that the country is promoting . The Defense Undersecretary , Pio Lorenzo Batino , said that they are making preparations to acquire the aircraft through a government to government transaction with Indonesia . The aircraft is valued at US $ 28 million each . It is rumoured that one aircraft will be deployed to the Navy for long - range reconnaissance missions and anti - submarine warfare . According to the Indonesian Ministry of Defence , the common use of the aircraft in the ASEAN region would enhance cooperation among members and significantly reduce maintenance and operational costs of the aircraft . The Indonesian Air Force currently has 9 units on order and while it has already taken delivery of 2 aircraft , it is willing to allocate 3 delivery slots to the Philippine Air Force in order to help expedite delivery . All of the ordered units are due by 2015 . Vietnam has ordered 5 units of CN - 295 from Airbus Military , but later reduced to 3 . When meeting with Sjafrie in Hanoi , Vietnam , Vietnamese Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh , said that his country needed an aircraft that can deploy and transport troops , a rear cargo door and has a maximum carrying capacity of 10 tons . Explicitly , Phung Quang expressed interest in the CN - 295 aircraft that meet the requirements by the country . According to Budiman , the transfer of production of the CN - 295 aircraft orders from Airbus Military Vietnam to Indonesia PT DI is very possible because there has been collaboration between Airbus Military and PT Indonesian Aerospace to manufacture the aircraft .