Indian press reports on intensification of work in the framework of the AMCA fifth generation fighter program. Recall, that India had previously decided to withdraw from the FGFA joint program with Russia, providing for the creation of a new generation aircraft. New Delhi filed a whole list of claims, among which “lack of implemented stealth technology, engines of the previous generation ". With this exit, India threw itself away from receiving the latest fighters for several years.. It was decided to create our own version. To this end, the implementation of the AMCA program began..
Indian columnist Neelam Matthews writes, that now the country's air forces are "feverish" work with the HAL company in order to obtain a 5th generation multirole fighter.
From the author's material:
Creation of a modular design of a fifth-generation twin-engine single-seat aircraft is considered complete.
Indian Air Marshal Rakesh Bhadauria's statement is cited:
It `s that, where we put our energy. We focused on our own design, using our own technologies.
But it turns out, that not all technologies will be Indian.
At the first stage, it is planned to form six AMCA squadrons, and the first flight is already scheduled for 2024 year. The first aircraft of the new generation is planned to be put into service with the Indian Air Force by 2029 year, and to 2036 the release of the modernized version of the AMCA Mk2 is planned.
According to the President of the Society of Aerospace and Defense Industry Consultants of India R. Sopori, a promising new generation Indian fighter "should have export potential".
In India:
The Su-57 is not needed either, nor the F-35. You need to create your own fighter.
And again the question about “his”…
According to some reports, India intends to equip its AMCA fighters with British-made engines. But even here, India is not satisfied with much. UK offers engines, whose thrust does not exceed 11 t. India wants more.
Airbus CEO Anil Gupta believes, that Britain could transfer technology to create aircraft engines, and on their basis India could create its own version.
In India they talk about, that a promising aircraft will carry weapons in the internal compartments, it will implement radar stealth technology.
At the same time, Neelam Matthews notes, that to accommodate BrahMos missiles in the internal compartments of the aircraft, this aircraft will have to be increased in size. Author, referring to statements by military, He writes, what, probably, will have to reduce the size of air-launched cruise missiles.
Indian experts, including one of the Indian Air Force engineers, consider, that forecasts for the delivery of the first fifth generation aircraft to the Indian Air Force by 2029 look too optimistic. by the way, previously in India itself reported, that the first AMCA fighter will take off no earlier than 2030 of the year.
