US agrees to transfer key defence tech (Predator drone) to India, offers AIM-120D and JASSM-ER with Indian Navy F/A-18 SH Blk-III

Source : IgMp Bureau

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Defense Minister Rajnath Singh held a discussion with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during which he expressed support for India's Defense modernization program.

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has announced today that the US has agreed to transfer a key defense technology to India which remains confidential as of now which is likely to be the transfer of technology of Predator-Armed drones so that India can locally manufacture these drones.

Eyeing the 26 Carrier Borne Fighter deal of the Indian Navy, the US has now offered the 160 kilometers range AIM-120D AMRAAM beyond visual range air-to-air missile and the 925 kilometers range AGM-158B-2 Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile – Extended Range (JASSM-ER) with the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet Block-III as a weapons package.

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