Honestly, it's enough... HAL and the whole Indian aviation industry is almost like Stavatti! Fancy models, bolt claims but otherwise NOTHING!!
There's nothing fancy about 5gen tech anymore. DRDO has developed RAM, RAS, EW, etc. Other coponents are being developed. That's how technology is expected to evolve. Regular people treat things like UFO, OMG! But it takes time for a generation of people to educate, gain experience, try something new.
ISRO, DRDO, etc doing well but ADA, HAL, etc not doing well. Such things are found everywhere.
I know Indians especially won't like to hear this—they're currently in the midst of their celebrations—but what's the point? Teja's Mk. 1A is long overdue, and the Mk. 2 hasn't even had its rollout yet!
That's why HAL, etc won't be trusted with AMCA. The IAF Air Chief Marshal has also publicly criticized & PPP is happening. GoI/MoD is publicly punishing its under-performing DPSUs.
AMCA's design isn't finalized (even according to IDRW they are still diligently working on the geometry), and none of the three mentioned suppliers have any experience in the complete implementation of such a project. They've all certainly developed and built things here and there, and perhaps even manufactured some as suppliers for HAL, but how is a project that isn't even fully thought in CAD supposed to be ready for its maiden flight by 2028/29 made by a team that has never done such a task??
Gradually all public-eye details come out. There's 1st time for everything.
India has sufficient Supercomputing, automation, logistics, area for facilities, professionals, etc.
It looks like ADA's initial design so far will be made & assembled as Mk1 but not by HAL.
Missing tools & machines are being made or imported.
All components will be made by suppliers as usual.
Everything will be coordinated by MoD.
Additionally IDRW is a tabloid that lately seems to be putting more effort into generating nonsensical images with AI than into accurate reporting!
If Chinese, American, Russian, European, etc projects remain secret till official public revealing, with their speculated animations, advertisements to entertain, motivate their citizens, ... then same thing for Indian projects & plans.
And there're many channels, sites, groups, institutions, etc by teams & individuals.
I would almost bet that AMCA 203x is nothing more than a collection of funny AI pictures, models and lots of promises in the vein of "Jai Hind"!
How do Chinese people cheer China? Something like "Zhōngguó wànsuì" (中国万岁) or "Wǒ ài zhōngguó" (我爱中国)? How would they respond if these emotions are insulted?
When IAF ACM is furious then this PPP plan has to work, otherwise there could be military defeat, economic collapse & civil war.
It feels good to be in better position but there's thin line b/w constructive criticism & reflexive cursing escalating unnecessary hostility.
& then 6gen is supposed to defeat 5gen.
