{"id":12119544,"date":"2026-08-14T10:22:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T08:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T10:47:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T08:47:56","slug":"india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"India Opens a $10 Billion Airlifter Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<p>India has just fired the starting gun on one of the biggest military aircraft competitions in the world. On August 12, 2026, its Defence Ministry issued a formal request for proposals for sixty new medium transport aircraft, opening a contest worth roughly one trillion rupees, or about $10.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The prize is not only an airlifter to replace India's ageing Soviet-era transports. It is the right to build that airlifter, at scale, inside India.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px 22px;border-radius:8px;margin:24px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:18px\">Informazioni rapide<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.8\"><li><strong>Programma:<\/strong> India's Multi-Role Transport Aircraft (MTA)<\/li><li><strong>RFP issued:<\/strong> August 12, 2026<\/li><li><strong>Quantity:<\/strong> 60 aircraft<\/li><li><strong>Valore:<\/strong> Roughly $10.5 billion<\/li><li><strong>Payload class:<\/strong> 18 to 30 tonnes<\/li><li><strong>Frontrunners:<\/strong> Embraer C-390 Millennium and Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules<\/li><li><strong>Local content:<\/strong> At least 40%, rising toward 60%, with assembly and MRO in India<\/li><li><strong>Replacing:<\/strong> The ageing Antonov An-32 fleet<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">India goes shopping for airlifters<\/h2>\n<p>The Multi-Role Transport Aircraft programme is meant to fill the gap between India's small tactical transports and its heavy strategic jets, replacing a fleet of Soviet-origin An-32s that have been hauling cargo for decades. The requirement calls for an aircraft in the 18 to 30 tonne class that can operate not just from big air bases but from rough, high-altitude strips in places like Ladakh and the northeast.<\/p>\n<p>The first aircraft would arrive built abroad. The rest would be assembled in India, under the government's Make in India push, with local content starting at 40 percent and climbing toward 60.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=65996083  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:EKOm.cc6d\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026-b0.jpg\" alt=\"A Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The incumbent: India already flies twelve Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules, giving the American workhorse a ready-made support base in the contest. Photo: Lockheed Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">C-390 versus C-130J<\/h2>\n<p>Two aircraft sit at the centre of the contest. Embraer's C-390 Millennium is the newer, larger option, a jet-powered airlifter that can carry around 26 tonnes and cruise near the speed of a small airliner. It is paired with India's Mahindra Defence.<\/p>\n<p>Against it stands Lockheed Martin's C-130J Super Hercules, the proven turboprop workhorse flown by air forces the world over. It carries less, about 19 tonnes, but India already operates twelve of them and builds C-130J parts through Tata, giving it a ready-made industrial story. Airbus had offered the bigger A400M, but at roughly 37 tonnes it sits above the weight class India specified.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;India launches a $10.5 billion competition for 60 Multi-Role Transport Aircraft.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Aerospace Global News<\/strong> &mdash; on the competition<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Not just a plane, a factory<\/h2>\n<p>What makes this contest so valuable is that India wants the winner to plant roots. The successful bidder must set up a final assembly line and a maintenance and overhaul base in the country, turning a purchase into a permanent piece of India's aerospace industry.<\/p>\n<p>That is why the fight is about more than payload charts and runway performance. Whichever aircraft wins, its maker gets a decade of Indian production, and a foothold in one of the fastest-growing military aviation markets on the planet.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/shXluAs1y6k\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;margin-top:28px\">Sources: Aerospace Global News, Indian Ministry of Defence, Lockheed Martin, Embraer<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Post correlati<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/blackburn-beverley-flying-box-transport\/\">La scatola volante che inghiottiva qualsiasi cosa<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/embraer-anduril-barracuda-500m-c-390-palletized-launch-2026\/\">Embraer vuole lanciare missili da crociera da una rampa di carico<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/france-114-rafale-mrfa-india-offer\/\">La Francia mette 114 Rafale sul tavolo dell&#039;India<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has just fired the starting gun on one of the biggest military aircraft competitions in the world. On August 12, 2026, its Defence Ministry issued a formal request for proposals for sixty new medium transport aircraft, opening a contest worth roughly one trillion rupees, or about $10.5 billion. The prize is not only an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":12119485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[664,670],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12119544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military-aviation","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>India Opens a $10B Military Airlifter Contest | Afterburner - MiGFlug&#039;s Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"India issued an RFP for 60 transport aircraft, pitting Embraer&#039;s C-390 against Lockheed&#039;s C-130J in a $10.5 billion contest.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"it_IT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"India Opens a $10B Military Airlifter Contest | Afterburner - MiGFlug&#039;s Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"India issued an RFP for 60 transport aircraft, pitting Embraer&#039;s C-390 against Lockheed&#039;s C-130J in a $10.5 billion contest.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Afterburner - MiGFlug&#039;s Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiGFlug\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-14T08:22:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-14T08:47:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:EKOm.cc6d\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026-featured.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"850\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Connor Kerr\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@migflug\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@migflug\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Connor Kerr\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Connor Kerr\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bc7f2d09b1d7111c45fdb1335b8f2cf9\"},\"headline\":\"India Opens a $10 Billion Airlifter Contest\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-14T08:22:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-14T08:47:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":513,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/migflug.com\\/jetflights\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/sites\\/4\\/2026\\/08\\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026-featured.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Military Aviation\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\\\/\",\"name\":\"India Opens a $10B Military Airlifter Contest | Afterburner - MiGFlug's Magazine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/migflug.com\\/jetflights\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/sites\\/4\\/2026\\/08\\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026-featured.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-14T08:22:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-14T08:47:56+00:00\",\"description\":\"India issued an RFP for 60 transport aircraft, pitting Embraer's C-390 against Lockheed's C-130J in a $10.5 billion contest.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\/\\/migflug.com\\/jetflights\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/sites\\/4\\/2026\\/08\\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026-featured.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/migflug.com\\/jetflights\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/sites\\/4\\/2026\\/08\\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026-featured.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":850,\"caption\":\"An Embraer C-390 Millennium military transport aircraft\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"India Opens a $10 Billion Airlifter Contest\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/\",\"name\":\"Afterburner - MiGFlug's Magazine\",\"description\":\"for those interested in flying military jets and aviation related  topics\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MiGFlug GmbH\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\/\\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\\/cb:0e0_.b970\\/w:897\\/h:278\\/q:mauto\\/ig:avif\\/https:\\/\\/migflug.com\\/jetflights\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/sites\\/4\\/2026\\/06\\/MIGFLUG_LOGO-no-background.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\\/cb:0e0_.b970\\/w:897\\/h:278\\/q:mauto\\/ig:avif\\/https:\\/\\/migflug.com\\/jetflights\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/sites\\/4\\/2026\\/06\\/MIGFLUG_LOGO-no-background.png\",\"width\":897,\"height\":278,\"caption\":\"MiGFlug GmbH\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/MiGFlug\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/migflug\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/migflug\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/MiGFlug\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/migflug.com\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.ch\\\/migflug\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bc7f2d09b1d7111c45fdb1335b8f2cf9\",\"name\":\"Connor Kerr\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ed6d7365eb237a1c91b800bf8dfeb14b8e30a3712ed7fec9e18a70088fc423a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ed6d7365eb237a1c91b800bf8dfeb14b8e30a3712ed7fec9e18a70088fc423a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ed6d7365eb237a1c91b800bf8dfeb14b8e30a3712ed7fec9e18a70088fc423a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Connor Kerr\"},\"description\":\"Connor Kerr writes MiGFlug\u2019s long-form features \u2014 aviation history, how-it-works explainers and the stories behind the headlines.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/it\\\/author\\\/connorkerr\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"India Opens a $10B Military Airlifter Contest | Afterburner - MiGFlug's Magazine","description":"India issued an RFP for 60 transport aircraft, pitting Embraer's C-390 against Lockheed's C-130J in a $10.5 billion contest.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\/","og_locale":"it_IT","og_type":"article","og_title":"India Opens a $10B Military Airlifter Contest | Afterburner - MiGFlug's Magazine","og_description":"India issued an RFP for 60 transport aircraft, pitting Embraer's C-390 against Lockheed's C-130J in a $10.5 billion contest.","og_url":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\/","og_site_name":"Afterburner - MiGFlug's Magazine","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiGFlug\/","article_published_time":"2026-08-14T08:22:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-14T08:47:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":850,"url":"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:EKOm.cc6d\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026-featured.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Connor Kerr","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@migflug","twitter_site":"@migflug","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Connor Kerr","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\/"},"author":{"name":"Connor Kerr","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/#\/schema\/person\/bc7f2d09b1d7111c45fdb1335b8f2cf9"},"headline":"India Opens a $10 Billion Airlifter Contest","datePublished":"2026-08-14T08:22:39+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-14T08:47:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\/"},"wordCount":513,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:EKOm.cc6d\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026-featured.jpg","articleSection":["Military Aviation","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\/","url":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\/","name":"India Opens a $10B Military Airlifter Contest | Afterburner - MiGFlug's Magazine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:EKOm.cc6d\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026-featured.jpg","datePublished":"2026-08-14T08:22:39+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-14T08:47:56+00:00","description":"India issued an RFP for 60 transport aircraft, pitting Embraer's C-390 against Lockheed's C-130J in a $10.5 billion contest.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:EKOm.cc6d\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026-featured.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:EKOm.cc6d\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026-featured.jpg","width":1280,"height":850,"caption":"An Embraer C-390 Millennium military transport aircraft"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/india-mta-transport-aircraft-rfp-c390-c130j-2026\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"India Opens a $10 Billion Airlifter Contest"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/#website","url":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/","name":"Afterburner - La rivista di MiGFlug","description":"Per chi \u00e8 interessato a pilotare aerei militari e argomenti correlati all&#039;aviazione.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/#organization","name":"MiGFlug GmbH","url":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:897\/h:278\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/MIGFLUG_LOGO-no-background.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:897\/h:278\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/MIGFLUG_LOGO-no-background.png","width":897,"height":278,"caption":"MiGFlug GmbH"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiGFlug\/","https:\/\/x.com\/migflug","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/migflug\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/MiGFlug","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/migflug.com\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.ch\/migflug\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/#\/schema\/person\/bc7f2d09b1d7111c45fdb1335b8f2cf9","name":"Connor Kerr","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ed6d7365eb237a1c91b800bf8dfeb14b8e30a3712ed7fec9e18a70088fc423a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ed6d7365eb237a1c91b800bf8dfeb14b8e30a3712ed7fec9e18a70088fc423a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ed6d7365eb237a1c91b800bf8dfeb14b8e30a3712ed7fec9e18a70088fc423a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Connor Kerr"},"description":"Connor Kerr scrive gli articoli di approfondimento di MiGFlug: storia dell&#039;aviazione, spiegazioni sul funzionamento dei sistemi e le storie che si celano dietro i titoli dei giornali.","url":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/author\/connorkerr\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12119544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12119544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12119544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12119571,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12119544\/revisions\/12119571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12119485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12119544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12119544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12119544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}