Indian AMCA Will Be A 5th Generation Fighter Jet Verging On 6th
India has moved ahead with the project of establishing a network-centric armed forces with both IAF and the Indian Navy taking a lead. Therefore the AMCA the Indian fighter in medium category will naturally have net-centric capability.
AMCA designed by ADA will be manufactured by HAL. a single seat, twin engine, stealth multi-role fighter jet. The first flight should take to the skies any time in 2024. It will consist of all latest weapons and avionics being already under deployment by IAF. Then there will be others under development by DRDO.
Flying at maximum speed of over 2,600 km/h, the fighter jet will be powered by Kaveri engine under advanced development stage. AMCA will be fitted with all the modern sensors, Radars, Missiles which will be a mix of indigenous and imported ones.
The major requirements that the AMCA must possess are high degree of stealth, a heavy internal and external weapons payload, high internal fuel capacity, and the ability to swing from an air-to-air role to air-to-ground without problems. It is also expected to have the ability to super cruise.
The aircraft is likely to weigh between 12 to 14 tons when empty with capacity to carry 2-tons of internal weapons and 4-tons of internal fuel. Combat ceiling will be 15-km, max speed of 1.8-Mach at 11-km. It will be powered by 2 x 90KN engines with vectored nozzles.
AMCA will have self protection jammer system to jam enemy radar guided missiles from both air and ground. electronic counter measure systems to confuse the infrared guided missiles and a radar warning receiver too added to detect enemy radar frequency’s.
Thus this fighter will be a multirole aircraft in medium category, a mix of F35 anF22 capabilities but much more advanced.
