India AMCA Program

[TR_123456]

Damn! almost 2 years passed so fast. I wish i searched for Blender's old version many years back.
Anyways, considering notional Astr-2 short-fin AAM length = 3.84 m, diameter = 178 mm, fin-span = 530 cm.
IWB length = 4.2 m, depth = 0.75 m max, width = 2.3 m.
The IWB cannot be perfectly cuboid, but dynamic as per all the weapons needed & equipment around it.


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So,when will we see the AMCA in reality?

 

[Low IQ Techie]

So,when will we see the AMCA in reality?

MoD/DoD say 2029.
If it was up to people like me then it would have flown when FC-31 flew.

 

[Spitfire9]

So,when will we see the AMCA in reality?

I have seen the same video of what looks to me like KF-21 assembly being passed off as AMCA assembly on Indian media for years in articles about AMCA. I don't think I have seen any video or pictures that are actually of AMCA. Has any form of assembly started? I imagine that there will be nothing to see for a time, given that the 3 proposals to build the prototypes will not be opened until end October. Then they have to be evaluated and a bid selected. Then there will likely be further price and other negotiations. I imagine the winning bidder will only start working on the project in earnest when a contract is signed 2027? 2028?.

 

[Pokemonte13]

we will likely see amca roll out in 2031-32