BEL to develop Sub-Systems for 5th Gen Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft

New Delhi: Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) will be working along with the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) and Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) on the development of critical subsystems for the fifth generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) program.

As per a report published in Indian Express, the Indian Air Force is said to have committed 40 AMCA MK-1 fighters and at least 100 Mk-2 derivatives, as well as some unmanned variants. The AMCA would be stealthy and have 'super cruise' capabilities. With AMCA, India will enter the exclusive club of countries with fifth-generation stealth warplane technologies. BEL will develop Sub-Systems for the 5th Gen Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft.

AMCA is the indigenous fifth-generation fighter and the specifications are in line with the Fifth Generation aircraft technology with features like stealth, internal weapons, supercruise, serpentine air intake etc. It will lead to a quantum jump in the technological capabilities of India.

The AMCA aims to equip the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy with a 5.5 generation twin-engine stealth fighter, replacing India's ageing SEPECAT Jaguar and Dassault Mirage 2000 fighters, and complementing its license-built Sukhoi Su-30MKI jets.

The AMCA is a stealth supersonic multi-role fighter with twin engines built for the IAF. The AMCA is currently envisioned as a fifth-generation fighter, but it will eventually include emerging best-of-breed sixth-generation technologies. The AMCA would be the Indian Air Force's first fifth-generation fighter to enter service.

It is designed to be a multirole fighter capable of air dominance, ground strikes, enemy air defence suppression and electronic warfare tasks. It is designed to perform deep strikes into enemy territory to destroy air defences and critical targets.

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