Defence
AMCA At Aero India 2023: How The Building Blocks Of India's Stealth Fighter Are Taking Shape
A Model of the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft.
The building blocks of India’s first fifth-generation fighter aircraft, the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), have begun to take shape.
Here are some components that have been displayed in Aero India 2023.
The internal weapons bay allows the fifth-generation fighter to carry bombs and missiles in a concealed state, which makes it harder for enemy radars to detect the aircraft.
Conformal Antennas
Actuators and other mechanical systems
Meanwhile, the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) has also released notifications inviting private manufacturers to be a part of the AMCA program.
The industrial partners are supposed to bring not only investment but also advanced manufacturing technologies for the production of AMCA.
Just yesterday (13 February), DRDO chief Samir Kamat gave an interview where he explained the development and induction timelines of AMCA.
Kamat said that the first flight of Phase-1 AMCA with the American GE-F414 engine will happen after seven years. The induction will take another three years, extending the timeline further to the 2032-2033 timeframe.
