Philippine CN 295 Medium Airflift Aircraft Overview

CN-295 is a member of EADS CASA’s array of light and medium airlifters, a tactical transport facility powered by twin turboprop for military operations.

CN-295 is manufactured in San Pablo Spain, this aircraft is a development of an Indonesian transport CN-235, but CN-295 has stretched capabilities such as 50% payloads and powered by the latest PW127G engines.


EADS announced quite a few improvements with CN-295 such as its design, it can carry huge payload and it has anti ship missiles with airborne early admonitions.

The CN-295 has cargo cabin largest among any medium sized transport in the military, it can transport troops up 71 and 49 when they are in full gear. Its cabin is 41ft long that can carry 20,392 payloads equivalent to 3 jet engines or 3 vehicles.


The acquisition of CN-295 is under the Philippine military modernization program. This acquisition enables the Philippine defense to respond immediate calls.

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