Jordan to convert C295 military transport plane into gunship

Jordan has inked an agreement with Europe's Airbus Defence and Space and US's ATK to convert one of its two C295 military transport aircraft into a gunship.

Under the agreement, Airbus and ATK will cooperatively work with the King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) of Jordan in converting the aircraft operated by the Royal Jordanian Air Force into gunship configuration.

The new configuration AC295 will join two AC-235 gunships that were delivered to Jordan by ATK in May this year.

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