Big preparation for fighter jet
The chairman of this committee is Defense Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh. It also includes Air Force Deputy Chief Air Marshal SP Dharchar, Defense Production Secretary Sanjeev Kumar and DRDO and senior officials of ADA. The committee will submit its report next month. This report will be very important as it will outline AMCA’s future. All this has become necessary because Pakistan is soon trying to buy 40 J-35A Stealth Fighter Jet from China. On the other hand, China is also showing prototypes of the sixth generation fighter jet.
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China has deployed its fifth generation Chengdu J-20 jet in airfields like Hotan and Shigatse in front of India. Apart from this, the production of fourth generation Tejas Jet by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is also being delayed significantly. A source told our colleague newspaper TOI that the committee’s goal, ‘Bringing AMCA as soon as possible to fly. For this, the time limit will have to be reduced and efficiency will have to be increased. Also, a better production and commercial model will have to be made in which private sector participation is high. That is, private companies will also be included in the construction of AMCA. This will be a big change.
These features will be in this fighter aircraft
Committee is also planning on the construction of an engine with 110 kg Newton Thrust. This engine will give strength to AMCA weighing 25 tons. For this, the help of foreign technology will be taken. The race includes big companies like General Electric of America, France’s Safiran and Britain’s Rolls-Royce. That is, the engine of AMCA will be one of the best engines in the world.
Indian Air Force will increase power
The committee headed by another Defense Secretary had prepared a detailed roadmap to increase the capacity of the Air Force. The report was submitted to Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on 3 March. This means that the government is serious to strengthen the Air Force. In March last year, the Cabinet Committee on Security Affairs headed by the Prime Minister approved the construction of five prototypes of AMCA. Its initial cost is more than Rs 15,000 crore.
These special features will be in stealth aircraft
The AMCA will have stealth features like placing internal weapons and special size air Intake. However, according to the current time limit, the production of AMCA will not start before 2035. This is a big challenge. The Air Force currently has only 30 fighter squadrons, while there should be 42.5 squadrons. At least eight more squadron will retire in the next 10 years. It’s a topic of concern
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India will make 126 fighter jets
The Air Force is planning to include 126 AMCA jets, which will create seven squadrons. The AMCA will have modern features such as AI-powered electronic pilot system, Nettric Warfare System and Integrated Vehicle Health Management. The first two squadrons will have 98 kg Newton Thrst GE-F414 engines, while the remaining five squadron will have 110 kg Newton Thrst engine.
Meanwhile, 180 Tejas Mark-1 A (for about Rs 1.2 lakh crore) and 108 Tejas Mark-2 jets will be included to meet the decreasing number. Also, there is a long pending project of construction of 114 4.5-generation multi-roll fighter aircraft (MRFA), in which foreign cooperation will be taken.
