The Indian Air Force (IAF) has expressed interest in joining a global sixth-generation fighter aircraft programme, to improve ...

Unlike fifth-generation fighters such as stealth aircraft, these programmes are designed as integrated combat ecosystems ...

India has an urgent need for new combat aircraft but the European next-generation fighter offerings may not be the answer.

India’s Defense Ministry is seeking to join one of the foreign government-industry consortia developing competing sixth-generation fighters, opening a parallel acquisition track ...

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence that the IAF is exploring ...

India plans to join a global consortium to develop a sixth-generation fighter aircraft, enhancing its air capabilities to counter future threats.

India is considering collaborating with one of Europe’s sixth-generation fighter jet programmes. The options include Future Combat Air System (FCAS) led by France, Germany and Spain or UK-Italy-Japan ...

Currently, GE, Safran, and Rolls-Royce are all in contention for engine development for India’s fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft and Twin-Engine Deck-Based Fighter. On February 12, ...

India may join FCAS or GCAP sixth-gen fighter projects to access advanced combat tech, while balancing indigenous AMCA development and strategic autonomy.

As India’s “Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft” fifth-gen fighter project has struggled, New Delhi has vacillated between buying the US F-35 and the Russian Su-57 to plug the gap. There is an ongoing ...

India is beginning to map out its next leap in air combat capability, with a parliamentary panel urging the government to accelerate planning for sixth-generation fighter aircraft as global powers ...