Just one week before the presidential election, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signed a major military agreement last Tuesday in India. He was accompanied by Defense Secretary Mark Esper. The pact, known as BECA, or the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement on Geospatial Cooperation, enables India and the United...
Lockheed to begin supplying F-16 wings from Indian plant in 2020
Lockheed Martin could begin supplying wings for its F-16 combat jets from a facility in southern India from next year, a senior executive said. Lockheed is bidding for a contract, estimated at more than $15 billion, to supply the Indian Air Force with 114 combat planes and has offered to...
India-US $7.5 Billion Deals for Armed Drones, Spy Planes in Pipeline
Amid growing military ties between India and the US, the Indian military is moving closer towards deals for procuring American defense equipment worth over $7 billion from the United States, including armed drones and naval spy planes. The two projects are moving ahead separately, since one of them is a...
U.S., India to Sign Industrial Security Pact
The United States and India will sign an agreement called Industrial Security Annex that seeks guarantees for the protection of classified information and will allow the transfer of defense technology. The pact will also enable the U.S.-India Defense Technology and Trade Initiative that was signed in 2012 to take off....
Rajnath Singh: Minister for Defense, India, 2019
Born to a farmer’s family in a village in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh on July 10, 1951, Rajnath Singh began his career as a professor in Physics. He served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state and a Cabinet Minister in the Atal Behari...
State Department Clears Foreign Military Sale for India
The U.S. State Department cleared the government of India to purchase two Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures Self-Protection Suites (SPS) for a pair of Boeing-made 777 aircraft. Estimated at $190 million, the systems will be used for aircraft that fly "heads of state". India is in the process of procuring two...