India to step on the gas for indigenous 5th gen fighter | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: India plans to ‘accelerate’ the development and induction of its own ambitious fifth-generation stealth fighter jet, with a top-level committee now working to evolve a clear-cut strategy and production-cum-business model for the swing-role advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA).The committee chaired by defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, which includes IAF vice chief Air Marshal…

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Crippling IAF gaps force government to set up panel for new road map | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: With the IAF grappling with an acute shortage of fighter aircraft as well as force-multipliers, the govt has constituted a high-level committee under defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh to chalk out a roadmap to plug the major operational gaps in the force.The committee will examine the IAF’s overall capability development through several indigenous…

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