AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

[Chirag]

Please follow this thread carefully , funds have been sanctioned by Modi govt for making 1:1 scale model of AMCA 's frozen design for stealth studies

yes funds have been sanctioned but not released it may take much more time (how much time is an another question)

 

[TPFscopes]

yes funds have been sanctioned but not released it may take much more time (how much time is an another question)

Funds already served and Project started

 

[indiandefencefan]

For anyone who is wondering what the 1:1 model will/might look like.
Show: Walk the Talk.

This model is in ADA headquarters where the interview is taking place.

 

[Flame Thrower]

@indiandefencefan can you please re-post the pic of AMCA.

 

[indiandefencefan]

@Flame Thrower

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[Indx TechStyle]

I still can't understand How is it possible without money? If so it is the best start up...

yes funds have been sanctioned but not released it may take much more time (how much time is an another question)

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₹100 Crore for designing phase were released earlier.

 

[Chirag]

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₹100 Crore for designing phase were released earlier.

₹100 Crore was released during 2011 to 2013 for preliminary Design and it is 2017 now

 

[TPFscopes]

₹100 Crore was released during 2011 to 2013 for preliminary Design and it is 2017 now

As per the defence budget, the finance ministry has cleared Rs 231 crores towards the development towards two very essential projects Ghatak UAV & AMCA that could change the face of aviation in India.
Out of ₹231 crores major part is in use to manufacture 1:1 mode of AMCA.

the first 1:1 full scale model of India’s fifth generation concept Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) is being built in Bengaluru. Later this year, the model will undergo a series of rigorous tests at an RCS facility in Hyderabad, where the programme team will have its fest chance at seeing how the shape they’ve chosen for the jet deals with radiation.

 

[Certified Gipsy]

Every fking article I see on Indian defense is bloody speculation, opinion and whining. Based on these speculative articles, a whole bunch of people get together, whine and outrage. Every Tom, Dick & Harry in India is an expert in every matter and their unnamed, unknown sources are to be taken reliable and based on that a whole group outrages.

 

[kunal1123]

AMCA IS JUST STARTING AND HERE PRESSTITUTE STARTED..............................
idrw.org
India pushing full steam ahead on stealth fighter plane project
2-3 minutes
SOURCE: Hindustan Times

India is pushing full steam ahead on its plan to build an indigenous stealth fighter plane amid an uncertainty surrounding the proposed India-Russian fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA), a top government official said on Friday.

While the advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA) is still on the drawing board, doubts over the multi-billion dollar programme to develop the stealth fighter with the Russians appears to have lent fresh urgency to the AMCA project. Only the US, Russia and China have such programmes.

The first prototype could be built in 10 to 12 years if all goes according to the Aeronautical Development Agency’s plan, government sources said.

“If the FGFA project doesn’t work out for some reason, the AMCA could be a good alternative. However, that would be a long term plan as production will begin only around 2035-37,” a senior Indian Air Force (IAF) officer said.

A three-member government committee is all set to submit its report on the viability of the FGFA programme. The panel was set up 3 months ago.

India plans to cooperate with foreign military contractors on the AMCA project but no decision has been taken so far. European and American firms have offered technical consultancy for the stealth fighter programme.

Sources said India has also conveyed to Russia that the FGFA project should bring in technology that benefits the proposed Indian programme.

The sources said ADA was in discussions with companies such as Dassault Aviation and Boeing for the project but it would be premature to comment on who the foreign collaborator could be.

“It’s too early to even speculate about that as we have not even tested the AMCA airframe. That’s still around a year away. So all options are open,” the sources said.

The IAF has 33 fighter squadrons compared to an optimum strength of 42. It is hoping to beef up its combat potential with the induction of the Tejas light combat aircraft, more Sukhoi-30s, Rafale jets, the FGFA and a medium-weight fighter that could be built in India in collaboration with a foreign vendor.

 

[TPFscopes]

AMCA IS JUST STARTING AND HERE PRESSTITUTE STARTED..............................
idrw.org
India pushing full steam ahead on stealth fighter plane project
2-3 minutes
SOURCE: Hindustan Times

India is pushing full steam ahead on its plan to build an indigenous stealth fighter plane amid an uncertainty surrounding the proposed India-Russian fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA), a top government official said on Friday.

While the advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA) is still on the drawing board, doubts over the multi-billion dollar programme to develop the stealth fighter with the Russians appears to have lent fresh urgency to the AMCA project. Only the US, Russia and China have such programmes.

The first prototype could be built in 10 to 12 years if all goes according to the Aeronautical Development Agency’s plan, government sources said.

“If the FGFA project doesn’t work out for some reason, the AMCA could be a good alternative. However, that would be a long term plan as production will begin only around 2035-37,” a senior Indian Air Force (IAF) officer said.

A three-member government committee is all set to submit its report on the viability of the FGFA programme. The panel was set up 3 months ago.

India plans to cooperate with foreign military contractors on the AMCA project but no decision has been taken so far. European and American firms have offered technical consultancy for the stealth fighter programme.

Sources said India has also conveyed to Russia that the FGFA project should bring in technology that benefits the proposed Indian programme.

The sources said ADA was in discussions with companies such as Dassault Aviation and Boeing for the project but it would be premature to comment on who the foreign collaborator could be.

“It’s too early to even speculate about that as we have not even tested the AMCA airframe. That’s still around a year away. So all options are open,” the sources said.

The IAF has 33 fighter squadrons compared to an optimum strength of 42. It is hoping to beef up its combat potential with the induction of the Tejas light combat aircraft, more Sukhoi-30s, Rafale jets, the FGFA and a medium-weight fighter that could be built in India in collaboration with a foreign vendor.

I desperately want to meet those sources (सूत्र).
1:1 model of AMCA is under construction for STEALTH TESTS , which is an essential phase of developing a Prototype. Model will be ready by year end or early next year.

 

[Filtercoffee]

We should be having TDs ready by 2025, its too late for the MMRCA.

 

[xeaaex]

I desperately want to meet those sources (सूत्र).
1:1 model of AMCA is under construction for STEALTH TESTS , which is an essential phase of developing a Prototype. Model will be ready by year end or early next year.

That means we will have first flight by 21
Hopefully

 

[smestarz]

why is it taking so much time to develop a plane? I dont think we shall be developing an engine to be honest.
Even the same might go for avionics.. Anyway the delay is really frustrating

 

[Certified Gipsy]

What's wrong with avionics? We already have the best flybywire. Only part we need to focus and get immediately is the engine.

 

[TPFscopes]

That means we will have first flight by 21
Hopefully

Prototype manufacturing will be scheduled after STEALTH test and study.
It will take about 2 years to make Prototype ready for Taxi trials and further 1 to 1.5 year for first flight.

 

[TPFscopes]

why is it taking so much time to develop a plane? I dont think we shall be developing an engine to be honest.
Even the same might go for avionics.. Anyway the delay is really frustrating

Who said?
AMCA will be more Indigenous than LCA TEJAS.

 

[smestarz]

FBW? We have reached the Era of Fly by Light,. Kawasaki P-1 is already using this system.
We dont have a very powerful AESA. and now there are developments that call for DIGITAL AESA (more capable than AESA) how about receivers, Jammers and also EW warfare suite? Also Targeting pod will be imported too. In Avionics there is very less Indian content.

What's wrong with avionics? We already have the best flybywire. Only part we need to focus and get immediately is the engine.

 

[Kay]

IAF wantsc120 KN thrust engines..Don't know why 2 GE414s can't be used... unknown engine causes delay uncertainty...with GE 414, at worst, it would be stealth plane with carrying capacity of Raffle or F18...

 

[smestarz]

AMCA is still a paper tiger, tell me what content is fixed for AMCA? How about talking about the engine or Radar? What is indian? Just the presentation and of course design which does seem to be infulenced by YF-23

Who said?
AMCA will be more Indigenous than LCA TEJAS.