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HAL out,private firm to build AMCA: The race for India’s own 5th-generation fighter & why it matters

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State-run HAL is out of India’s AMCA programme & an Indian private firm will make Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft fighter.
Watch #CutTheClutter Episode 1670 where ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explained India’s plan & push to build its very own fifth-generation stealth fighter, its importance & how it will give India’s airpower an edge.

This episode was recorded when the Modi govt opened AMCA to the private sector, days after conflict with Pakistan in May 2025.
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Watch CutTheClutter with Snehesh Alex Philip ‘CCS Approves 5th gen AMCA for IAF’ here : https://youtu.be/Nm0N52D7M54

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