This aircraft is being designed as a reasonable fighter together with swing role facility in order to meet the necessities of the IAF post 2020.
The design of the AMCA includes a very small radar cross-section & will also have serpentine like air intakes, internal arsenal as well as the state-of-the-art radomes in order to enhance its stealth feature. The design will also be supplemented through radar-absorbing composites as well as paints. AMCA will be a twin-engine design. It features the GTX Kaveri engine with thrust vectoring. There
is possibility that it will give the aircraft the capabilities of supercruise. The design based stealth characteristics of the aircraft will include additional optimized edge matching, airframe shaping, body confirming antennae & a low IR signature all the way through nozzle design, engine bay cooling as well as work on decreased exhaust temperature. With advanced sensors the aircraft will be loaded with missiles like DRDO Astra along with some other superior missiles, standoff weaponry as well as precision weapons. The aircraft will feature the ability to deploy Precision Guided Munitions. It will also feature extensive detection range as well as targeting range with the capacity to release arsenals t supersonic speed. The avionics suite of the aircraft will consist of AESA radar, IRST along with suitable electronic warfare systems as well as all feature missile-warning-suite.
