Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA)

Published on 17 Feb 2025

• The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) cleared a project to design and develop the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA)

• The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will be the nodal agency for executing the programme and designing the aircraft.

• It will be manufactured by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).

• The AMCA will be India’s indigenous fifth generation fighter aircraft.

Key Features The aircraft will have a low electromagnetic signature, which will make it difficult for enemy radar to detect it. It will have powerful sensors and new weapons, so it is able to register the signature of enemy aircraft and take them out. Stealth features such as an internal weapons bay and a bigger internal fuel tank are part of fifth-generation aircraft like AMCA. An Integrated Vehicle Health Management (IVHM) system will be included to keep track of multiple structural components, and to assess the condition of the aircraft in real-time.

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AMCA DRDO Fifth generation fighter aircraft