AMCA to Rival Global Stealth Fighters, Will Incorporate All 5th-Gen Capabilities With 6th-Gen Tuning

India's pursuit of indigenous airpower capabilities has received a major boost with the approval of the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) program.

This ambitious project envisions a state-of-the-art fifth-generation stealth fighter jet designed to bolster India's defense capabilities.

With a substantial initial investment exceeding Rs 15,000 crore, the AMCA promises to be a technological marvel within the Indian Air Force's arsenal.

Cutting-Edge Capabilities​

The AMCA is designed to excel in modern combat environments. Key features include:

• Stealth technology: Advanced design and materials will minimize the AMCA's radar signature, allowing it to operate with greater survivability in heavily defended airspace.
• Advanced avionics: A suite of high-tech onboard systems will provide pilots with exceptional situational awareness, enhancing decision-making, and overall mission effectiveness.
• Next-generation weaponry: The AMCA will have the capability to carry a diverse range of air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons, ensuring tactical flexibility in various combat scenarios.

Rapid Development & Ambitious Goals​

The AMCA project aims for a swift development timeline. The goal is to unveil the first prototype within four years, followed by the maiden flight a year later. This underscores India's commitment to the rapid development and deployment of this crucial defense asset.

Developers confidently assert that the AMCA will rival, if not exceed, the capabilities of other fifth-generation fighter aircraft currently in development around the world, particularly within Asia. This signals India's rising stature in the complex field of advanced aerospace engineering.

Bridging the Generational Gap​

Perhaps most significantly, the AMCA program has the potential to bridge the technological gap between current and future fighter jet generations.

The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), spearheading the project, aims to incorporate elements of sixth-generation fighter technologies into the AMCA's design. These could include:

• Advanced Sensors: For enhanced detection and tracking capabilities
• Artificial intelligence (AI): To assist pilots in decision-making and threat analysis.
• Directed Energy Weapons: Potentially including laser weapon pods for defense against projectiles, drones, and other threats.

Dr. Girish S. Deodhare, a former ADA director, has labeled the AMCA a "5.5 generation" fighter. This designation reflects the aircraft's blend of advanced fifth-generation features with cutting-edge sixth-generation concepts, creating a formidable and adaptable force for Indian air defense.

India's Aerospace Ambitions​

The AMCA program highlights India's determination to become a major player in the global aerospace industry.

Its cutting-edge design, rapid development timeline, and inclusion of futuristic technologies position the AMCA as a potential game-changer for Indian airpower, bolstering self-reliance and projecting technological prowess.

 

[ASHOK CARROL]

Scientists, engineers designers , foremen , technicians with outstanding records need not be retired at 60 or 65 yrs of age . They still have great potential experience capability and result orientation , whilst they may relinquish their high offices , post they must be retained as consultants , team leaders for full time , half day on contract basis or even as teachers , motivators , selectors and other jobs of planning , budgeting , meetings and Sales to foreign entities . Sent to foreign countries , they can scout for talent , technology , machines and work processes in developed countries . With longer life spans retention upto 70 , 75 , 80 years can be granted every two three years .

 

[Avada kedavra]

These retards can't even make a proper 5th gen like f22 and f 35 and they are dreaming of 6th gen ! 🤣

 

[Bikramjeet Goswami]

How can you be so confident about real capabilities of J-20 when it is still heavily underpowered by using WS-10C engines ? Reports about all chinese hardwares deployed in active warzones say otherwise. Have confidence on AMCA.

No, we are not confident about real-world capabilities of J 20. We are also not confident about real-world capabilities of Tejas & Tejas MK 1. Even the Rafales India has purchased at great cost have never faced a peer adversary.
But what we do know for sure is that HAL has never met the timelines it had set for itself. Now whether that is the fault of HAL, ADA, Govt. or Air Force is up for debate. But their poor performance is undeniable.

 

[Akshat]

Those Chinese jets are not really fifth generation stealth fighters at all. China regularly makes claims of it being a technology marvel. Every Chinese weapon or technology developed is always riddled with faults, unreliable technology, poor metal and material composition, big radar faults and unable to detect jets at the long range they say it can do and it requires a very large radar cross section before it can detect threats, unreliable and poor performance of its missiles and bombs, major engine problems with poor metal composition and not able to provide the amount of thrust it can claim it can do and it has a low number of flight hours before the engine is finished etc.

Despite having a very low number of jets we still have a very good capability to defend. India has developed a integrated SAM defence shield which can take out jets before they can cross the border by using the ballistic missile defence shield, S400, MR-SAM, Akash, Spyder, SAMAR MK1 and MK2 and more upcoming SAM like QRSAM, Akash NG and Project Kusha which is the indigenous S400 SAM and more.

There's just so much wrong with China's weapons and technology which it never reveals as it continues to maintain its very high superiority perception over other countries. Also we do need more fighter jets and progress is being made but it's far too slow and the government should consider giving a license to several private sector companies to manufacture the jets much more quickly without the government having to open expensive new buildings and production lines whereas the private sector can use their existing facilities and workers.

Again. There may be a lot of faults with their systems. But at least they have those systems. A bird in hand is always better than 2 in the bush. Even if their J20
Is not a true stealth plane, it will still have a RCS lower than our Su30 or Tejas (with weapons). They can make them in numbers when need be. Unlike our AMCA which is non existent. If having SAMs was enough, no one would have developed fighter jets. SAMs can’t replace fighter jets. And China also has S400. So they have a huge advantage because our DRDO and HAL have failed us miserably,

 

[Indranil Sarkar]

Our weapon makers have turned into paper plane makers, endlessly speculating, fantasizing, and daydreaming, only to delay again and again, so they can speculate and fantasize further. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

And make more money by dangling carrots ..
To dream is good but let's be realistic.

Even existing Tejas mark1 has 28 critical caveats. mark 1a addressed some of them, making it a 4++ generation fighter.

So reality is we can only make 4++ generation fighters as of now.

Tejas mark 2a (not initial prototype mark2) will be India's first 4.5 gen fighter, which is still at least around 6 to 7 away from entering production till 2031.

Earliest AMCA prototype will be out only in around 2035 at the earliest realistically speaking. And that also without 3 key features of true 5th gen jets 1. Superceuise. 2. Proper stealth 3. Internal weapons bay ... And this information is available on the internet.

So realistically speaking, our AMCA2 with all these features and true 5th gen fighter will only be possible in around 2040.

 

[Bharat007]

Again. There may be a lot of faults with their systems. But at least they have those systems. A bird in hand is always better than 2 in the bush. Even if their J20
Is not a true stealth plane, it will still have a RCS lower than our Su30 or Tejas (with weapons). They can make them in numbers when need be. Unlike our AMCA which is non existent. If having SAMs was enough, no one would have developed fighter jets. SAMs can’t replace fighter jets. And China also has S400. So they have a huge advantage because our DRDO and HAL have failed us miserably,

I second you. You talks sense. I respect folks who engage in rational debate based on facts.

China has mass produced J-20 as well. I believe, they are continuously updating and sharpening it.May be in 2030 they might have atleast 300 J-20s while India is still testing first prototype. Quantity has its own quality in battlefield.

 

[Bharat007]

The best tech on AMCA is the invisibility tech. Won't be visible to anyone for next 2 decades.

I may not live to see it in real life. I am already crossing mid life.

 

[BnglrTester]

Do remember that HAL is the manufacturer here, and there is such a thing as manufacturer's bias. Take everything they say with a grain of salt.

Where is HAL in this ? ADA is not hal.

 

[Anand S Jha]

AMCA must have capability of vertical takeoff and landing also

 

[Ketan Yadav]

It will be very good to integrate modern assets into the AMCA because it will increase its tactical flexibility as well as lowers down the immediate need for 6th Gen fighter jet for atleast few years. In the meantime, we will have more upgraded public and private industries to boost defence sector which will then easily meet our needs for 6th Gen jet with more streamline production.

 

[beencensured]

Lol, not 'a grain of salt", but "factories of salt"!

Perhaps, you are saying they are the salt of the earth?

 

[Aayush Pratap]

Lol, as expected....IAF wants this plane to fight the war on Battlestar Galactica. They will continue to ask for random sci-fi fanboy upgrades instead of following what sanity dictates...build a simple F-22 first (vanilla 5th gen with rcs 1/10 of Rafale) before asking for Lasers, Anti-Gravity, Water-Landing, Moon-flying etc.

This is exactly what Mr. Parrikar said when he became DM. He was taken aback by the unrealistic requirements.

 

[The Presence]

Those Chinese jets are not really fifth generation stealth fighters at all. China regularly makes claims of it being a technology marvel. Every Chinese weapon or technology developed is always riddled with faults, unreliable technology, poor metal and material composition, big radar faults and unable to detect jets at the long range they say it can do and it requires a very large radar cross section before it can detect threats, unreliable and poor performance of its missiles and bombs, major engine problems with poor metal composition and not able to provide the amount of thrust it can claim it can do and it has a low number of flight hours before the engine is finished etc. There's just so much wrong which China never reveals as it continues to maintain its superiority perception over other countries.

Say whatever you want, but they are multiple times bigger an economy & have a much better efficiency due to high levels of indigenisation.
During war between 2 equals, even if I consider them as equals, only efficiency matters. For every 10 aircrafts lost, China could reproduce 8-9 aircrafts whereas India could produce only 4-5 in a fixed amount of time.

 

[Pink Panther]

How can you be so confident about real capabilities of J-20 when it is still heavily underpowered by using WS-10C engines ? Reports about all chinese hardwares deployed in active warzones say otherwise. Have confidence on AMCA.

Only in India they can feel proud about their drawing and keep talking about it or compare it with real 5th gen jet that flies.

 

[Pad UwU]

HAL always daydreaming and AMCA is still a paper overspec overhype 5gen wannabe aircraft that doesn't even have a working prototype 😹😹😹

 

[Pad UwU]

Bharat doesn't have other options except to rely on indigenous development of AMCA including their power plants . For now, mass produced Tejas variants will do the job .Our skilled pilots flying 0.3 sq metre RCS Tejas armed with Astra variants can well shoot down any PLAAF fighters including J-20 in potential aerial engagement over Tibetan sky .

Get some coolaid bruh, facts is facts AMCA is paper specs 5gen wannabe without any working prototype

 

[shivkumar sinha]

Only in India they can feel proud about their drawing and keep talking about it or compare it with real 5th gen jet that flies.

Only some traitors extoll PLA papercats and their paper fighters. On the ground, what happened to them in Galwan, Pangong so and Yangste are well publicised and known to all . The day ,J-20 shoots down a single Tejas , Rafal e or Sukhois , people should talk about them . Till then , don't extoll papercats.

 

[shivkumar sinha]

Get some coolaid bruh, facts is facts AMCA is paper specs 5gen wannabe without any working prototype

I am not claiming AMCA is flying. I only mean that J-20 is only a paper dragon. Current inventory of IAF is sufficient to make them mincemeat over Tibetan sky. Do you think PLA papercats are silent over our aggressive infrastructure development on LAC without reason? The day, CCP has perception of even 1% of their military superiority, they will not waste a minute from attacking across LAC as they are fully aware that India,not US ,is real rival of China.

 

[Mridul baruah]

I may not live to see it in real life. I am already crossing mid life.

Don't worry I was in class 6 when Tejas made its first flight....and my kid is in Class 10 now. I hope things will improve from here.

 

[Pink Panther]

Only some traitors extoll PLA papercats and their paper fighters. On the ground, what happened to them in Galwan, Pangong so and Yangste are well publicised and known to all . The day ,J-20 shoots down a single Tejas , Rafal e or Sukhois , people should talk about them . Till then , don't extoll papercats.

As if if somebody went and touched those jets to determine they are paper planes, we can't blindly assume and be under or un prepared, it's better that we assume that they have real 5th gen jets and be extra prepared to face them, otherwise we have to loose a lot.