Govt must step in for AMCA to yield pvt fighter jet maker: Sources

Apprehensions persist that a HAL-led joint venture or consortium could ultimately secure the bid to build the prototype of India's first stealth combat aircraft

Government intervention is likely to be required to guide the selection of the development-cum-production partner for the prototype of India’s first radar-evading fighter jet, or else the current process is unlikely to yield a second combat aircraft manufacturing line in the country—let alone one led by the private sector, industry insiders with first-hand knowledge of the exercise told Business Standard. The sources — who did not wish to be named — added that even if the prototype were successfully built under the current scheme of things, the programme’s intended execution through industry partnership was likely to be derailed.