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In a important milestone for Puttaparthi, the instauration chromatic for the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) task was laid connected Friday (May 15, 2026). The cardinal defence manufacturing inaugural is valued astatine ₹15,803 crore.
Coming up implicit astir 650 acres, the task is expected to make astir 7,500 jobs and besides see a dedicated township, giving a beardown concern propulsion to the region.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who took portion successful the “bhumi puja” for the task alongside Union Minister for Defence Rajnath Singh, said the task is simply a grounds to Andhra Pradesh’s “speed and easiness of doing business” and its quality to pull large-scale strategical investments.
He highlighted that the AMCA inaugural would fortify India’s indigenous defence capabilities by enabling the improvement of precocious combat craft utilizing homegrown technology.
Referring to the “Operation Sindoor” arsenic a awesome of India’s increasing spot successful defence and exertion nether the Atmanirbhar Bharat vision, Mr. Naidu said that specified initiatives showed however self-reliance is steadily moving from argumentation to practice.
Minister for IT and HRD Nara Lokesh said that Puttaparthi is emerging arsenic a captious hub successful India’s defence landscape.
He welcomed Mr. Rajnath Singh to the “sacred onshore of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai,” saying the task marks a turning constituent for the Sri Sathya Sai district.
Mr. Lokesh said that the AMCA task signalled a unsocial signifier of defence-led maturation for the portion and would spot it powerfully wrong India’s expanding aerospace and information ecosystem. He besides described Rajnath Singh arsenic “Iron Man” and 1 of the strongest pillars down Operation Sindoor.
