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Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft prototype expected by 2028-29

As the project for the design and development of the indigenous fifth generation fighter aircraft, Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft, makes progress, the Defence Ministry is working out a model for bringing in the private sector in a big way, which is important for timely execution of the project, according to official sources. The AMCA project is particularly critical as it …

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India will now be able to make its own fifth-generation stealth fighter, the advanced medium combat aircraft at supersonic cruise speed, at the estimated cost of Rs 15,000 crore. The approval happened more than two years after Defence Research and Development Organisation and Aeronautical Development Agency initiated the process to obtain the CCS approval for Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft design …

Centre clears project to develop AMCA 5th generation stealth fighter aircraft: Know all about it

In a significant development, the Cabinet Committee on Security has given the green signal to the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft fifth-generation stealth fighter jet project to be undertaken by the Defence Research and Development Organisation. The project, estimated to cost around Rs 15,000 crore, will be spearheaded by the DRDO's Aeronautical Development Agency in collaboration with both private and public …

New Delhi The Cabinet Committee on Security has approved a highly anticipated project for the design and prototype development of an indigenous fifth-generation stealth fighter, or the advanced medium combat aircraft, at a cost of around ₹15,000 crore, officials aware of the matter said on Thursday. The Indian Air Force’s modernisation map envisages the deployment of around 120 stealth fighters …

The more capable indigenous Light Combat Aircraft -Mk2 is expected to be ready for production by 2027 while the fifth generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft is awaiting approval from the Cabinet Committee on Security and the development would take 10 years after that, said Director General of Aeronautical Development Agency Girish S. Deodhare on Tuesday. Another ambitious project, the Twin …

The Aeronautical Development Agency, under the Defence Research and Development Organisation, has invited Indian industry players to join in the development and manufacture of the country’s indigenous fifth generation fighter jet, the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft, that is in the works. Based on the success of indigenous light combat aircraft, the Centre has entrusted the Agency with the design of …

India a step closer to getting its fifth-generation aircraft: What is this advanced fighter and why we need it?

Fifth-generation fighter aircraft possess advanced avionic systems, the ability to ‘supercruise’ and have stealth features unlike any other in operation today. Here’s a better understanding of what exactly is a fifth-generation aircraft, its features and where India stands on the development of this fighter jet. Lockheed Martin, the company behind America’s F-22 Raptor — a fifth-generation aircraft, describes the fighter …

India’s fifth-generation combat aircraft programme has to succeed if it wants be part of the big league

A ‘whole of nation’ vision and approach will be required. The other fifth-generation fighters under development include India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft, Russia’s Sukhoi Su-75 “Checkmate”, South Korea’s KAI KF-21 “Boramae”, and Turkey’s TAI TF-X. Chengdu J 20 The Chengdu J-20 “Mighty Dragon” is a twinjet all-weather stealth fighter aircraft designed as an air superiority fighter with precision strike capability. …

CCS Approval for 5th Gen Fighter Aircraft Any Day Now; IAF Likely to Have 7 AMCA Squadrons Initially

The Cabinet Committee on Security approval for the indigenous Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft — the fifth-generation twin engine fighter aircraft being developed for the Indian Air Force — is expected any day, News18 has learnt. “The aircraft will roll out of the hangar within three-and-a-half years of the approval and within a year after that, it will have its first …

India and France are close to concluding a deal, likely in the next couple of months, for the joint development of a 125KN engine for the indigenous fifth generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft under development, according to defence officials. Last year, the government had informed Parliament that it is proposed to develop indigenous engines for powering aircraft such as the …

The present security scenario along the northern border is at an uneasy “no war, no peace” status and air power will be a crucial enabler for victory in any future conflict, according to Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. The recent induction of the Rafale fighter jet, along with the C-17 transport aircraft, the Chinook heavy lift helicopter, the Apache attack helicopter …