KC-390 hauls 14-15 tons, C-130J hauls less than 20 tons. IL-76MD-90A with a payload cap of 52 tons qualifies in the heavy category. I wanted the KC-390 to win the category awarded to the C-295. The Atlas is in the sweet spot. We shouldn't go for less payload cap than the Atlas after the C-295 order is concluded.
IAF not interested in Russian one, C130 too expensive - both offer less opportunity for export and only & best option is KC-390, but the MTA acquisition take 1 decade+ to conclude. Russia may consider offering Il-276
If the MoD & IAF keep scratching their arses after sitting on the MTA acquisition file for years we'd have a situation where EMBRAER would have entered into a JV with RoK if they haven't already & when we finally select the KC-390 a decade from now , we'd be importing the initial lot or the whole lot from RoK whereas their JV would've progressed to export the transporter worldwide or at least to cater to the Asian markets & development of the next iteration of the KC-390 or perhaps a clean sheet design transporter much like the submarines they're hawking around the world today - all derived from TKMS including participation in our Project -75 I before they withdrew , when they got into a similar arrangment with TKMS much after we signed an agreement with HDW ( predecessor of TKMS into which it was merged ) in the 1980s where they continued to absorb technology & develop newer iterations whereas our program was junked due allegations of corruption during the RG adminstration.
No . C390 is better.
C-130J has more volumetric space as compared to the C-390 though the latter can carry more payload. See Rohit Vats's tweets I've posted earlier in this thread.
