India's security cabinet approves about Rs 15,000 crore to build five AMCA stealth fighter prototypes

Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA)/AMCA (Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft)

After years of deliberation, India's Cabinet Committee on Security funded the development of the AMCA fifth-generation fighter, with about five prototypes to be built within five years. ADA leads the design; the first version will use GE F414 engines, while a more powerful engine is to be developed with a foreign partner.

• Budget about Rs 15,000 crore (~$1.8B).
• Around five prototypes planned within five years.
• India plans to buy more than 200 of the jets over time.