New Delhi: India is now finally getting ready to launch its most ambitious indigenous military aviation project to build a fifth generation fighter or advanced medium combat aircraft.AMCA) with advanced stealth features as well as ‘Supercruise’ capabilities.
The case for full-scale engineering development of the dual-engined AMCA prototype has been finalized and will be sent for approval Cabinet committee on Security (CCS) until early next year after deliberations between the defense and finance ministries, top sources said on Sunday.
Production of fifth-generation jets is an extremely complex and costly affair, with the American F/A-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning-II Joint Strike Fighter, the Chinese Chengdu J-20 and the Russian Sukhoi-57 being the only operational ones. Currently around the world.
However, experts argue that the J-20 and Sukhoi-57 fighters are still somewhat inferior to the fifth generation true-blue fighters. 36 Rafale being inducted Indian Air ForceThere are 4.5 generation jets under the Rs 59,000 crore deal with France in September 2016. As of now, the development cost of 25 tonne AMCA is estimated
15,000 crore with the “rollout” of the first prototype by 2025-26 and production of the Mark-1 jet set to begin in 2030-31 under an “aggressive timeline”. D R d o and its Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA).
The AMCA project is critical for the IAF, which is grappling with just 30-32 fighter squadrons and will not reach the sanctioned strength of 42 squadrons, even with “planned induction” in the next 10-15 years.
As a result, the first two squadrons of the AMCA Mark-1 will have the existing General Electric 98 after burning turbofan engines in the 414. kilonewton thrust class, while the next five Mark-2 squadrons will have more powerful 110 kilonewton engines. The new engine will be concurrently developed indigenously, with the foreign partner being selected by early 2022,” said a source.
The swing-roll AMCA will have advanced stealth features ranging from “serpentine air-intake” and an internal bay for smart weapons to radar absorbing materials and conformal antennas. The fighter will also have supercruise capability to achieve supersonic cruise speeds without being used. Multi-sensor integration with Afterburner as well as data fusion and AESA (active electronically scanned array) radar.
The case for full-scale engineering development of the dual-engined AMCA prototype has been finalized and will be sent for approval Cabinet committee on Security (CCS) until early next year after deliberations between the defense and finance ministries, top sources said on Sunday.
Production of fifth-generation jets is an extremely complex and costly affair, with the American F/A-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning-II Joint Strike Fighter, the Chinese Chengdu J-20 and the Russian Sukhoi-57 being the only operational ones. Currently around the world.
However, experts argue that the J-20 and Sukhoi-57 fighters are still somewhat inferior to the fifth generation true-blue fighters. 36 Rafale being inducted Indian Air ForceThere are 4.5 generation jets under the Rs 59,000 crore deal with France in September 2016. As of now, the development cost of 25 tonne AMCA is estimated
15,000 crore with the “rollout” of the first prototype by 2025-26 and production of the Mark-1 jet set to begin in 2030-31 under an “aggressive timeline”. D R d o and its Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA).
The AMCA project is critical for the IAF, which is grappling with just 30-32 fighter squadrons and will not reach the sanctioned strength of 42 squadrons, even with “planned induction” in the next 10-15 years.
As a result, the first two squadrons of the AMCA Mark-1 will have the existing General Electric 98 after burning turbofan engines in the 414. kilonewton thrust class, while the next five Mark-2 squadrons will have more powerful 110 kilonewton engines. The new engine will be concurrently developed indigenously, with the foreign partner being selected by early 2022,” said a source.
The swing-roll AMCA will have advanced stealth features ranging from “serpentine air-intake” and an internal bay for smart weapons to radar absorbing materials and conformal antennas. The fighter will also have supercruise capability to achieve supersonic cruise speeds without being used. Multi-sensor integration with Afterburner as well as data fusion and AESA (active electronically scanned array) radar.
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