sentences:  India's future 5th-generation aircraft, the Russo-Indian Sukhoi/HAL FGFA and the indigenous Medium Combat Aircraft will not be ready before 2025, and 2022, respectively, thus providing the need for a replacement.Thus, the MRCA tender is more likely to be a medium-weight aircraft (MTOW of ~24 tons).This has led to a renaming of the competition as the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) tender.