NEW DELHI : Amid growing military ties between India and the United States, the Indian armed forces are moving closer towards deals for procuring American defence equipment worth over $7 billion from America, including Sea Guardian armed drones and naval spy planes. The project is expected to cost over $4.5 billion to the defence services. The P-8I planes are expected to cost around $3 billion. In the last over one decade, India has inducted a large number of American defence hardware including Apache attack choppers, Chinook heavy-lift Helicopters, C-17 Globemaster and C-130J Super Hercules Transport aircraft, M-777 ultra-light howitzers and AN-TPQ weapon locating radars. The two sides are also in discussions for the NASAMS air defence system for providing protection to the national capital region.

Source: Mint November 17, 2019 08:48 UTC