In a significant development that moves India closer to building its first fifth-generation stealth fighter, the Union Ministry of Defence on Tuesday approved the execution model for the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme. The development marks a critical step towards realising India's ambition of joining the elite club of nations capable of designing and producing next-gen combat aircraft.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday approved the execution framework for AMCA which will see the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) lead the project in partnership with the industry. "This is an important step towards harnessing the indigenous expertise, capability and capacity to develop the AMCA prototype, which will be a major milestone towards Aatmanirbharta in the aerospace sector," the Defence Ministry said.
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