RCS management and optimization software used for AMCA by ADA .
Developer - Zeus Numerix pvt ltd
RCS management and optimization software used for AMCA by ADA .
Developer - Zeus Numerix pvt ltd
CSIO forays into niche optics field, develops smart head-up display for fifth-generation fighter aircraft - The Tribune
While developing this, CSIO is foraying into the domain of ‘waveguide technology’, which is an emerging field in India but is being actively pursued by some countries like Israel and the UK.www.tribuneindia.com
This thing should have been completed by now . Any update on this ?
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Yes, CSIO was working on a Helmet mounted display . Infact in 2024, they did some recruitment regarding hmd work package .
Attached a youtube video from csio official channel . At 4:25 they discuss bout helmet mounted display.
The last known information regarding hmd was released in march 2025 regarding the projects completed during fiscal year 24-25 . But most possibly it's for lch or other attack helos. It's similar to BAE Qsight but the same tech is possibly used in earlier f35 helmets until elbit stepped in.
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Better to go for and invest in Missile to Missile Communication Technology for precision during air engagement against a stealth aircraft. The trailing missile will be updated by the first missile on direction/ speed error correction for 100% hit probability in case the first missile misses it. You need smart AAM as well not just 5th gen aircrafts. More over 5th gen air craft is 20 years away from its first induction. This comes before 2 decades.
Agree, we need to think differently ...maybe to develop an effective counter-defense system against 5th- and 6th-generation aircraft. One approach is to build a missile system with a larger-diameter airframe, integrating advanced passive tracking technologies. The concept could be somewhat similar to systems like the R-37 missile, with enhanced capabilities, range of up to 400 km, a top-attack flight profile operating around 20 km, and hypersonic speeds to improve engagement effectiveness.
What about a seeker like this?
Agree, we need to think differently ...maybe to develop an effective counter-defense system against 5th- and 6th-generation aircraft. One approach is to build a missile system with a larger-diameter airframe, integrating advanced passive tracking technologies. The concept could be somewhat similar to systems like the R-37 missile, with enhanced capabilities, range of up to 400 km, a top-attack flight profile operating around 20 km, and hypersonic speeds to improve engagement effectiveness.
What about a seeker like this?
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Google Lens couldn't find this image.
Which weapon's seeker is this? CCM?
Will the nose of weapon be transparent?
Some RF seeker missiles have side mounted EO sensor just behind nose for off-boresight tracking. AIM-260 might have it.
AIGoogle Lens couldn't find this image.
Which weapon's seeker is this? CCM?
Will the nose of weapon be transparent?
Some RF seeker missiles have side mounted EO sensor just behind nose for off-boresight tracking. AIM-260 might have it.
I was starting to wonder if a see through radome was going to be used.
On a serious note, I'd say the 'dolphin nose' on the Israeli Stunner is a far more elegant solution for dual seeker missiles.
This seeker is not available anywhere, it’s just an AI-based concept. Would the nose of the weapon be transparent? Yes—otherwise, the IR sensor wouldn’t work, right?Google Lens couldn't find this image.
Which weapon's seeker is this? CCM?
Will the nose of weapon be transparent?
Some RF seeker missiles have side mounted EO sensor just behind nose for off-boresight tracking. AIM-260 might have it.
Damn AI!
gave me a WTH moment. 
That's why i asked if CCM? or even an AGM, SSM, etc, bcoz some multi spectral missiles have different arrangements, like RIM-116 with RF antenna around IR seeker, while some like AIM-260, SM variants have IR seeker around RF seeker.
Agree, we need to think differently ...maybe to develop an effective counter-defense system against 5th- and 6th-generation aircraft. One approach is to build a missile system with a larger-diameter airframe, integrating advanced passive tracking technologies. The concept could be somewhat similar to systems like the R-37 missile, with enhanced capabilities, range of up to 400 km, a top-attack flight profile operating around 20 km, and hypersonic speeds to improve engagement effectiveness.
What about a seeker like this?
View attachment 51176
Concept is very imaginative, really cool, but aesa radar comes with restriction here. But I will take it as a concept of using all these 4 technologies for target acquisition. Stealth can fool a radar but it is tough for a stealth to fool optics, the cameras and IR cameras with telescopic view especially. If the image is processed with the help of an AI then it will be a potent technology. Onboard Radar can be turned on at 20 nautical miles for a better RCS capture and hit probability.
How are we planning to increase the internal weapons bay capacity for AMCA from 4 to 6 missile?
The AMCA can only take a small number of shots before needing to disengage or rely on others. They may also need to wait for a higher probability of kill than others with say 6 or 8 missiles in engagement, this configuration may result in shorter persistence in contested airspace in stealth configuration as well.
In such a mission, the IAF wouldn’t treat the HAL AMCA as a high-payload platform but as a stealth sensor–shooter that opens the fight, using its limited internal missiles only for the most critical, high-probability targets.
The less than ideal payload will be compensated by the rest of the formation, where Dassault Rafale fire long-range missiles based on AMCA’s targeting data and Sukhoi Su-30MKI carry large missile loads to provide sustained pressure and coverage, while Sukhoi Su-57, if present, adds additional stealth firepower and engagement depth.
Essentially, instead of increasing AMCA’s internal capacity, the IAF distributes the firepower across multiple aircraft and uses networked targeting so that a small number of precise shots from the front enables a much larger volume of coordinated attacks from the rear, maintaining stealth where it matters while still delivering overall firepower.
Each jet would probably do say...
AMCA (pathfinder + precision first strikes)
Rafale (stand-off strike, SCALP/Meteor mix)
Su-30MKI (heavy payload, escort, additional A2A)
Su-57 (optional stealth strike/suppression alongside AMCA)
In such a mission, the IAF wouldn’t treat the HAL AMCA as a high-payload platform but as a stealth sensor–shooter that opens the fight, using its limited internal missiles only for the most critical, high-probability targets.
The less than ideal payload will be compensated by the rest of the formation, where Dassault Rafale fire long-range missiles based on AMCA’s targeting data and Sukhoi Su-30MKI carry large missile loads to provide sustained pressure and coverage, while Sukhoi Su-57, if present, adds additional stealth firepower and engagement depth.
Essentially, instead of increasing AMCA’s internal capacity, the IAF distributes the firepower across multiple aircraft and uses networked targeting so that a small number of precise shots from the front enables a much larger volume of coordinated attacks from the rear, maintaining stealth where it matters while still delivering overall firepower.
Each jet would probably do say...
AMCA (pathfinder + precision first strikes)
Rafale (stand-off strike, SCALP/Meteor mix)
Su-30MKI (heavy payload, escort, additional A2A)
Su-57 (optional stealth strike/suppression alongside AMCA)
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The AMCA missile bay is 4.2 metres long, while length of the Astra Mk1 is around 3.84 metres long so there might be a bit of wiggle room to place 3 Astra Mk1 in a staggered config with foldable fins in one missile bay and another 3 in the other missile bay.
What I am more concerned about is the lack of side weapons bays to accomodate CCMs, because at some point in time the engagement will turn to WVR and you won't have optimum firing solutions for it.