The Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) project, India’s flagship fifth-generation stealth fighter programme, is facing a massive engine dilemma that threatens to impact its development timelines and overall strategy.
The spotting of the AMCA engineering model at DRDO’s Radar Cross-Section (RCS) testing facility is an important milestone in the development of India's first indigenous stealth fighter aircraft.
One of the three shortlisted companies that wins the Rs 15,000 crore project will have to build five AMCA prototypes at a new greenfield facility in Andhra Pradesh.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today laid the foundation stones for four major defence projects in Andhra Pradesh, alongside the establishment of a “Drone...