India’s Air Force and Navy have committed to investing $7.8 billion to acquire 24 Seahawk MH60R helicopters from the Sikorsky business unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation. Half this project will support jobs at Owego, NY and most of the rest at Stratford, CT where Sikorsky is headquartered. India will possess...
U.S. Submits $700 Million FMS Offer for India to Acquire 145 Howitzers
The U.S. government submitted an over $700 million offer for India to acquire 145 M-777 ultra-light howitzers. Sources said the Pentagon’s “letter of offer and acceptance”, submitted to the Indian defense ministry under the American foreign military sales program is now likely to lead to a government-to-government contract within 180...
Boeing C-17 enters acceptance testing for India
India’s first C-17 has entered flight acceptance testing by the U.S. Air force at Edwards AFB, California, as part of a fast-track foreign military sales (FMS) program that will see four other deliveries to India’s Hindon Air Force Station near New Delhi this year. Only the first aircraft will be...
Textron receives $250 million bomb contract
The U.S. government announced on Thursday that it had cleared the sale of 512 CBU-105 sensor-fused bombs to India by awarding a contract to Textron Systems Corporation, under foreign military sales (FMS) program. Textron Systems Corp. in Wilmington, MA received the $257.7 million contract to provide the sensor-fuzed weapon/ CBU-105...