According to the link Dash provided, maybe in the mid of this decade, but it will depend on when Kaveri engine will be ready and mature enough. However, that's only the base engine side, they still need capabilities like SC, TVC, steralth, or the NG radar and avionics. I expect a real prototype only by the time when FGFA goes to serial production (2017?) and till the serial production could start it needs even more time.
@ Dash, thanks for the link mate, didn't knew that article and to some extend it freaks me out to see HAL and especially ADA wasting time and resources for a paperplane like AMCA, while they are not able to get LCA done.
I mean really, how can they propose a radar for MCA, which should be based on MMR, when MMR is not even operational in LCA, let alone an AESA for LCA? That's simply ridiculous and it shouldn't be surprising why we have such delays.
Yes and as I showed you, that is easily possibly with 4 types of fighters(LCA, MMRCA, MKI and FGFA), no need to add another one.
There is no AMCA project officially runing from IAF, or MoD! ADA and HAL has proposed some studies and IAF says what they would expect from such a fighter, but it for now.
And once again, the Aura UCAV can be developed easier and faster than AMCA, because it don't need several of the capabilities that a stealth fighter needs.