New Delhi, March 19 -- India is likely to join a global consortium developing a sixth-generation fighter aircraft - the world's most advanced - because the Indian Air Force (IAF) does not want to lag in deploying this capability to meet future air threats, said Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan. The IAF, the world's fourth largest, has zeroed in on two global consortia - the UK, Italy and Japan / France, Germany, and Spain - hoping to join forces with one of them to develop the sixth-generation fighter aircraft, Chauhan told a Parliamentary panel that submitted a report in Lok Sabha on Wednesday. "To ensure we don't lag behind, we will try to partner with one of the consortia and start considering the sixth-generation fighter right now," the CDS told the Parliamentary standing committee on defence.P10...