Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft [AMCA] Development | Updates & Discussions.

[Wolfhound]

by the looks of it you wont be getting this by 2020

 

[sathya]

by the looks of it you wont be getting this by 2020

it took tejas mk 1 , 25 years from this stage

AMCA is taking less risk approach like jf 17, ie using off the shelf technologies

so on average it may take 10 years.

 

[sancho]

it took tejas mk 1 , 25 years from this stage

AMCA is taking less risk approach like jf 17, ie using off the self technologies

so on average it may take 10 years.

- stealth design
- high thrust engine
- Supercruise and TVC capabilities
- AESA radar
- IRST

None of them is available in India today and don't forget that AMCA is far more difficult to develop because of the stealth requirement. It's not only going from a single engine fighter development to a twin engine fighter development.

 

[sathya]

i meant we are not going by LCA route, more of Dhruv route

where ever we lack, we will buy from other countries

and slowly replace with indigenous ones

 

[sancho]

i meant we are not going by LCA route, more of Dhruv route

Would be great if we do it the Dhruv way, but then we would seek for foreign design and development partners first and not only for a foreign engine. In fact there is not even a single report hinting on joint developments in any field and they don't even change things where they admitted mistakes, the development of the naval version. So all we see so far is the same way they did LCA, except of chosing a foreign engine.

 

[Dem!god]

by the looks of it you wont be getting this by 2020

lol.. 2020...
i am sure we are not getting this even by 2025...

 

[HariPrasad]

Do you believe AMCA will resemble that ?

It looks very much alike.

it took tejas mk 1 , 25 years from this stage

AMCA is taking less risk approach like jf 17, ie using off the shelf technologies

so on average it may take 10 years.

It was a learning phase.

 

[halupridol]

lol.. 2020...
i am sure we are not getting this even by 2025...

make that 2035

 

[Wolfhound]

make that 2035

someone really has ha can't do attitude

 

[Abingdonboy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/549620917412691968

 

[jha]

GTRE has released a new RFI for designing Fan of Engine which according to some is for AMCA ( 110-120KN ).

DRDO

 

[Nodata]

We should get our first AMCA for testing by next year.

 

[Dillinger]

We should get our first AMCA for testing by next year.

Yup and become a 10 trillion dollar economy too. Lets not opt for one liners which are clearly not based on facts.

 

[Nodata]

Yup and become a 10 trillion dollar economy too. Lets not opt for one liners which are clearly not based on facts.

HAL and ADA have shown the good work in Tejas.

Imported Air Force not letting it clear FOC.

AMCA is an easy job for them with Parrikar as DM.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Top defence sources on Wednesday said the preliminary design stage of the futuristic fighter called the advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA), with collaboration among IAF, DRDO and Aeronautical Development Agency, is now "virtually" over.

"Once the project definition and feasibility is completed in the next few months, the defence ministry will go to the cabinet committee on security for approval. It will require Rs 4,000-5,000 crore for the initial design and development phase," said a source.

The aim is to fly the first twin-engine AMCA prototype by 2023-2024, which will be around the time deliveries of Tejas Mark-II fighters will be underway. IAF is slated to get its first Tejas Mark-I in March this year, over 30 years after the LCA project was first approved in August 1983. But the Tejas Mark-II jets, with more powerful engines, will start to come only by 2021-2022, as was first reported by TOI.

"After Tejas-II, we have to move ahead to a fifth-generation-plus AMCA. Basic design work of AMCA as well as presentations by five to six global aero-engine manufacturers is over. Simulation modelling is also in the works," said the source.

Make-in-India: Plan to develop 5th-generation fighter aircraft - The Times of India