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| Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft | |
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| AMCA inflight (artist's impression) | |
| Role | Stealth multirole combat aircraft |
| National origin | India |
| Manufacturer | Hindustan Aeronautics Limited |
| Design group | Aeronautical Development Agency Aircraft Research and Design Centre (HAL)[1] Defence Research and Development Organisation |
| Status | Prototype development[2] |
| Primary users | Indian Air Force (intended) Indian Navy (intended) |
The Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) is an Indian single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather fifth-generation stealth, multirole combat aircraft being developed for the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy. The Mark-1 variant of the aircraft will be a fifth generation fighter while the Mark-2 variant will have sixth-generation technologies.[3] The aircraft is designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) - an aircraft design agency under MoD. A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) consisting of ADA, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and a private company is being formed for the development and production of AMCA.[4] In March 2024, the project received approval from India's Cabinet Committee on Security for the prototype development.[5][6]
AMCA is designed as a single-seat, twin-engine combat aircraft. The AMCA Mark 1 will come equipped with 5th generation technologies and Mark 2 will have the incremental 6th generation technology upgrades.[7][8][9] The AMCA is intended to perform a multitude of missions including Air supremacy, Ground-Strike, Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) and Electronic Warfare (EW) missions. It is intended to supplant the Sukhoi Su-30MKI air superiority fighter, which forms the backbone of the IAF fighter fleet.[7][10]
The AMCA design is optimized for low radar cross section and supercruise capability.[11][12] Feasibility study on AMCA and the preliminary design stage have been completed, and the project entered the detailed design phase in February 2019.[13] The AMCA is currently the only 5th generation fighter under development in India.[14]
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