India's Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme is more than a design challenge — it's a test of whether the country is ready to move beyond a state-run monopoly in defence manufacturing.

Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) is pressing ahead with several fixed-wing combat aircraft programmes, as it also places a bigger emphasis on research and development and overseas partnerships. In a recent ...

Thus far in the calendar year 2026, HAL has underperformed the market, by falling 18 per cent, as against 13 per cent decline ...

A model of the AMCA was displayed at the 2025 edition of the Aero India airshow. Credit: Tony Osborne/Aviation Week Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is neither confirming nor denying reports that ...

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 ...