Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft The Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft a air superiority , single seated , twin engined , fifth generation multirole stealth . It is also made with thrust vectoring , supercruise , and a type of stealth called planform alighment . It is made by the " Hindustan Aeronautics Limited " and designed by the " Aeronautical Devepment Ageny " ( ADA ) in India . This advanced aircraft is planned to be introduced in 2025 and a total a 250 AMCA ' s . Description . The Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft ( AMCA ) is envisioned as a replacement for the British SEPECAT Jaguar and Mirage 2000 the IAF flies , which as of 2002 were to be phased out by 2015 . Development costs were expected to be over US $ 2 billion . As of mid - 1997 the AMCA design concept had no vertical stabilizer and employed an advanced flight control system coupled to axisymetric nozzles . At that time , India ' s DRDO intended to develop a stealthy Medium Combat Aircraft , a further extension of its LCA design , in order to replace the Jaguar and Mirage inventory beginning around 2010 . The twin engined aircraft was planned to have a thrust ratio of 7 : 8 : 1 , and GE , SNECMA , and Klimov have all offered to provide the engines for this aircraft . In June 2001 , India was offered ' joint development and production ' of a new 5th generation fighter by Russia . Russia had been trying to sell this concept both to China and India for some time , but this time it was made directly to India ' s Defense Minister . The Russian Perspektivnyi Aviatsionnyi Kompleks Frontovoi Aviatsyi ( PAK FA ) , which means ' Future Air Complex for Tactical Air Forces ' . It is intended to be the same size as the US JSF but have a mission profile closer to the F - 22 Raptor , with air superiority being the primary mission and ground attack and reconnaissance being secondary . In November 2001 , Russia ' s Deputy Prime Minister , Ilya Klebanov ' s announced that India and Russia had agreed to jointly develop a fifth - generation strike aircraft . This was the result of a four - day visit to Russia by India ' s Prime Minister . Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal F . H . Major said in July 2007 that the air force wanted to reduce the inventory in its combat jet arsenal to three aircraft systems only , and over the next few years , it would use the home - made HAL Tejas as the Light Combat Aircraft ( LCA ) , the new foreign - built MRCAs as the Medium Combat Aircraft ( MCA ) and the 35 - ton SU30 - MKIs as the Heavy Combat Aircraft ( HCA ) . [ that is , he made no mention of an indigenously - developed stealthy Medium Combat Aircraft ( MCA ) . ] In October 2007 India and Russia signed a pact on jointly developing and producing a fifth generation combat jet . The fifth generation fighter deal is valued at $ 8 billion - making it the largest between India and Russia . ' What we are looking at is an aircraft that can match , if not equal , the Lockheed Martin F - 22 Raptor , ' currently the only fifth generation fighter flying anywhere in the world , an Indian official said . ' Toward this end , the plane will have the most advanced avionics like AESA radar , electronic warfare capabilities and a multi - role armaments package , ' the official added . In February 2008 Air Chief Marshal F H Major told India Strategic that discussions to finalise the technical specifications of the Indo - Russian project were on , and that its induction should begin " from 2017 onwards . " The Air Chief said : " FGFA ' s development is expected to take up till 2016 and induction ( should be ) from 2017 onwards . " In December 2008 it was reported that Russia would soon sign a contract with India to jointly develop and produce a fifth - generation combat jet from next year . The director general of Russian aircraft maker Sukhoi , Mikhail Pogosyan , said " We plan to begin flight tests ( of the fighter ) as early as in 2009 " . The Russian - Indian advanced multi - role fighter is being developed by Sukhoi , which is part of Russia ' s United Aircraft Corporation ( UAC ) , along with India ' s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited ( HAL ) . Russia and India will simultaneously develop two versions of the combat aircraft - a two - seat version to meet the requirements of India ' s air superiority policy , and a single - seat version for the Russian Air Force . In February 2009 P S Subramanyam , Director of the Aeronautical Development Agency , a Defence Research & Development Organisation ( DRDO ) lab , said that the ADA planned to design and develop a medium combat aircraft with " stealth features " in partnership with Indian Air Force . " We are working with Indian Air Force as to what their requirement is . . . They ( IAF ) are also coming forward to evolve the specifications of medium combat aircraft . . . what we call next generation fighter aircraft , " Subramanyam said . He said it would be in the 20 - ton category , twin - engine aircraft , likely to be powered by the Kaveri - Snecma engine . " It will have stealth features , " he said . " It ' s going to be a joint activity ( between ADA and IAF ) from beginning " , Subramanyam said , adding " it ' s good that even Air Force is also feeling that we should take up this program " . M . Natarajan , DRDO chief and scientific adviser to the defence minister , told reporters at the 7th edition of the international air show Aero India - 2009 in Yelahanka that " It is possible to have an MCA with a twin engine , with less weight and improved electronics . It will also have an inbuilt weapon load for stealth reasons . It is doable and it is a challenge . " Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal F H Major said in February 2009 that in about 10 years , IAF should have manned Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft ( FGFA ) produced jointly with Russia . The proposed HAL - UAC joint venture to develop and manufacture 250 fifth - generation fighters each for the Russian and Indian Air Forces remained in negotiation following Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ' s 5th visit to India in March 2010 . Hindustan Aeronautics Limited ( HAL ) will have 25 % share in the design and development . The fifth - generation fighter jointly developed by India could be completed by 2015 - 2016 .