Stealth fighter prototype to fly in '29: DRDO
NEW DELHI, May 30 -- Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief Samir V Kamat on Thursday said the first prototype of a stealth fighter being developed by India will make its maiden flight in 2029.
"The development of AMCA (advanced medium combat aircraft) will be completed by 2034 and it will go into production a year later," he told reporters on the sidelines of a Confederation of Indian Industry event.
His comments came two days after India unveiled its long-awaited plan to fast-track the development of AMCA --- an indigenous fifth-generation stealth fighter, and announced that the execution model will be competitive and provide equal opportunities to public and private sector firms to participate in the project.
On Thursday, Singh said the AMCA execution model was a "bold and decisive step" that will take the domestic aerospace sector to newer heights. "Under the AMCA project, the plan is to develop five prototypes, which will be followed by series production. It is a key milepost in the history of the Make-in-India programme," Singh said at the CII event. This could become the private sector's finest hour, chief of the air staff Air Chief Marshal AP Singh said at the same event.
"If today somebody is manufacturing world-class cars and equipment in civil sector, why can't some of those industries come together and say," he said....
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