In modern air warfare, a stealth fighter operating without a top-tier engine is a little more than an expensive glider. For India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), the engine is the strategic core of the entire program. This billion-dollar project represents India’s effort to enter the circle of nations operating native fifth-generation stealth platforms. While General Electric (GE) Aerospace has been selected to power the initial AMCA Mk1 prototypes, a high-stakes co

India’s next fighter decision is usually described as a contest between two aircraft. On one side is the Rafale F4 pathway: an upgraded French 4.5-generation combat system built around a fighter family the Indian Air Force already operates in earlier Rafale standards, and which India has also selected in naval form for the Indian Navy. On the other hand is Russia’s Su-57E, marketed as a fifth-generation stealth fighter and publicly offered to India with the possibility of dee

The Group of Twenty (G20), composed of 19 member nations—the European Union and now the African Union as well—serves as a pivotal global...