India's fifth-generation fighter jet programme: Rajnath Singh gives approval for AMCA execution model

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh gave the approval for the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme execution model in what comes as a major push towards enhancing India’s indigenous defence capabilities and fostering a robust domestic aerospace industrial ecosystem.

 

AMCA is India’s fifth-generation, stealth, multirole fighter jet programme, designed to significantly boost the Indian Air Force’s capabilities. It is also in line with the Aatmanirbharta initiative of the government to promote self-reliance in defence technology.

 

The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) is set to execute the programme through industry partnership. The ADA is expected to shortly issue an expression of interest (EoI) for the AMCA development phase.

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The defence ministry, in a release, said the execution model approach offers equal opportunities to both private and public sectors on a competitive basis. They can bid either independently, as a joint venture or as consortia.

 

In order to be a bidder, one needs to be an Indian company compliant with the laws and regulations of the country.

 

This is an important step towards harnessing the indigenous expertise, capability and capacity to develop the AMCA prototype.

 

A few months ago, Jitendra Jadhav, Director General of ADA, had said AMCA will have sixth-generation technology embedded into it.

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