BANGALORE (India), February 16. /TASS/. Russia will take part in the project to develop India’s fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), Director for International Cooperation and Regional Policy of Russia’s state hi-tech corporation Rostec Viktor Kladov said on Thursday.

"We’ll surely participate," he said in reply to the corresponding question.

According to public sources, the work on the AMCA began in 2008. The fifth-generation multipurpose fighter jet is expected to replace a whole range of warplanes in the Indian Air Force.

Media reports said the first flight was scheduled for 2023-2024.