India Opens Doors For Private Players To Join Development of AMCA Fifth Generation Stealth Fighter
The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) has released a
notification
for a partnership with Indian industries in developing and manufacturing
Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), India's first fifth Generation
fighter.
The partnership (Technology cum Investment) is being conducted under the
Strategic Partnership (SP) model.
The industrial partners are supposed to bring not only investment but also
advanced manufacturing technologies for the production of AMCA.
ADA, as it had said earlier, looking for an SP model partner who can bring both technology(vague) and investment in development and manufacturing of AMCA. HAL will definitely be on of the contenders. Would be interesting to see which other company enters and what it brings. pic.twitter.com/hcFRBY9a7I
— Krishnan (@cvkrishnan) February 10, 2023
The industrial partnership will boost the development and production of the
AMCA, the ADA hoped in the notification.
AMCA is India's first fifth-generation fighter jet. The jet will be a 25-tonne
twin-engine fighter with a maximum payload of 6.5 tonnes.
The ADA Director, AK Ghosh, in an interview at DefExpo 2022, stated that the
preliminary design process and some validation tests of AMCA have already been
completed.
Ghosh, in the interview, further stated that the Critical design review will
be completed in the next few months. He also said that the rollout of the
prototype of the fighter is expected after 3 years from the day the project's
approval is granted by the government.
It will take another year for the fighter to make its first flight, which puts
the
timeline
of the first flight in the 2026-27 timeframe.
IAF is hoping to buy at least 120 of these fighters by 2035.
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