By N. C. Bipindra
In a significant push to enhance indigenous defence capabilities and foster a robust domestic aerospace industrial ecosystem, India approved the execution model for its ambitious fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme on May 27, 2025.
The decision comes just days after India’s indigenous military systems effectively defended the nation against nuclear-armed arch-rival Pakistan’s offensive during the four-day Operation Sindoor.
India executed its military offensive under Operation Sindoor between May 7 and 10, 2025, when Indian armed forces took out nine terror infrastructure sites inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and destroyed military infrastructure at 11 air bases.
India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh has approved the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) Programme Execution Model. The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) is set to execute the programme through an Industry partnership, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement on May 27, 2025.
“The Execution Model approach provides equal opportunities to both private and public sectors on a competitive basis. They can bid either independently, as a joint venture, or as a consortia. The entity/bidder should be an Indian company compliant with the laws and regulations of the country,” the statement said.
“This is an important step towards harnessing the indigenous expertise, capability, and capacity to develop the AMCA prototype, which will be a major milestone towards Aatmanirbharta in the aerospace sector. ADA will shortly issue an Expression of Interest (EoI) for the AMCA Development Phase.”
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