According to a report by Reuters, on May 27, the Indian Ministry of Defense said that the Indian Minister of National Defense had approved the framework plan for building the country's "most advanced stealth fighter aircraft." The Aviation Development Bureau of India, which is responsible for implementing this project, will soon invite defense enterprises to participate in the development of the prototype of this aircraft. According to the concept, this aircraft will be a twin-engine fifth-generation fighter. The statement from the Indian Ministry of Defense shows that India will cooperate with an Indian domestic enterprise to carry out the stealth fighter project. This bid will be open to private and state-owned enterprises. Enterprises can bid individually or form consortia to bid. Reportedly, this project is crucial to the Indian Air Force. Currently, the Indian Air Force has 31 fighter squadrons, mainly equipped with Russian aircraft, as well as French Rafale fighters. On the other hand, Pakistan's arsenal includes China's J-10 fighter jets. Late at night on May 9, Director Ahmed Sherif Chaudhry of the Pakistan Armed Forces Public Relations Department (ISPR) stated that in the air battle between India and Pakistan on the morning of May 7, the Pakistani Air Force shot down five Indian aircraft without any losses, including three French-made Rafales, one Su-30MKI, and one MiG-29. Observers Network military commentator believes that although India has quite a bit of ambition in fifth-generation aircraft, it is difficult to estimate how much India's aviation industry can support this dream. Looking back at India's self-developed models, the relative failure of HF-24 "Marauder" does not need to be mentioned, and the LCA "Lightning", which first flew in 2001, has only reached a production of 40 so far. At the same time, its aviation industry departments are also developing various completely different models in parallel, such as Mk1A, Mk2 of LCA "Lightning", future naval carrier-borne aircraft TEDBF, etc., which also seriously dispersed the already insufficient Indian aviation R&D strength. Moreover, most of its subsystems' domestic supply is still blank and has a certain degree of foreign dependence. Although India still has relatively low political difficulty in acquiring these subsystems, the supply chain not under its own control obviously will also increase the uncertainty of engineering projects. Therefore, for this project, India's official statements are still difficult to convince people enough before actual results come out. In March this year, an Indian defense committee once suggested introducing private enterprises into the field of military aircraft manufacturing to enhance the strength of the Indian Air Force and alleviate the burden of the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, which produces most of India's military aircraft. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited was criticized by the Indian Air Force Chief of Staff Amar Pratap Singh for the slow delivery of the Light Combat Aircraft, but Hindustan Aeronautics Limited shifted the blame, saying that this was due to General Electric Company's failure to deliver engines on time, and General Electric itself is facing supply chain problems. This article is an exclusive contribution from Observer Network and cannot be reprinted without permission. Original: https://www.toutiao.com/article/7509052466265162275/ Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone. You can express your attitude by clicking the "upvote" or "downvote" button below.