DRDO Shortlists Bidders for Advanced Fight Airplane
New Delhi– The Support Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has actually shortlisted three contenders to make and create models for India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), a fifth-generation stealth competitor.
- Shortlisted companies: TATA Advanced Equipments Ltd, a consortium of Larsen & & Toubro and Bharat Electronics Ltd, and a Bharat Forge-BEML Ltd-Data Patterns consortium.
- Project Purpose: To develop a homegrown, single-seat, twin-engine jet featuring sophisticated stealth modern technology and interior weapons bays.
- Modernization: The AMCA job represents India’s commitment to updating its Flying force and signing up with a pick team of countries with fifth-generation fighter capacities.
- Rafale offer: Independently, the Protection Purchase Council cleared the purchase of 114 Rafale jets from France, with 90 to be made in India.