In 2020, a government-to-government deal between the U.S. and India to ship 24 MH-60 Romeo helicopters from Lockheed Martin was signed. This July, America is set to hand over the first set of three MH-60 Romeo helicopters to the Indian Navy. The 24 MH-60 Romeos are equipped with multi-mode radars...
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...
Lockheed Martin Will Make Wings for F-16 Warplanes in India
In partnership with India's Tata Advanced Systems Ltd., Bethesda, MD headquartered Lockheed Martin will manufacture wings for all global F-16 customers at a facility in India, the company's Fort Worth-based aeronautics division said. The jointly managed facility will be based in Hyderabad, India, and will form part of a planned...
Juster: U.S. Offers Critical Defense Technology to India
Speaking at a U.S.-India Business Council seminar on April 18, the first day of the defense exhibition DefExpo-18 at Chennai, U.S. envoy to India Kenneth Juster said that the U.S. will transfer critical defense technology to India in May -- a technology that will be exclusive, and one that the U.S. hasn’t...
At India's DefExpo 2018, Multinationals Ink Partnerships
India’s largest Land, Naval, and Internal Security System’s Exposition, DefExpo India, has become one of the largest events of its kind in the world for the last 10 years. Defense Expo 2018 was a four-day event at the southern city of Chennai, India. The tagline this year was "India: The...