fighter jet programme-Union govt. invited three private players

The Union government today issued the request for proposal (RFP) for the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft, or AMCA, the country’s first homegrown fifth-generation stealth fighter.

For the first time in a major fighter jet programme, the Defence Ministry has kept out state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and invited three private players: Tata Advanced Systems, the L&T-BEL-Dynamatic consortium, and the Bharat Forge-BEML-Data Patterns consortium.

The Rs 15,000 crore project will see the winning private partner build five prototypes of the AMCA at a new greenfield facility in Andhra Pradesh.
The ADA and DRDO had issued an expression of interest on the stealth fighter jet project in mid 2025 and seven players had sent in bids. After technical evaluation in February, the three private players were shortlisted.(UPDATED ON 27TH MAY 2026)