The drones will come through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and a contract will be signed between the two governments and M/s US-based General Atomics. Both countries are expected to close the deal this year.
A Letter of Agreement (LoA) from the Trump administration is expected soon for the Indian government’s requests for ten each `Predator MQ9’ UAVs for both the Indian Army and Navy.
The drones will come through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and a contract will be signed between the two governments and M/s US-based General Atomics. Both countries are expected to close the deal this year.
Highly placed sources have confirmed to Financial Express Online that, “The US administration has been informed about clubbing the requests of both Indian Army and Navy in an effort to expedite the process. The Indian Navy was keen on 22 units earlier. However, initially, due to high interest from the Indian Army for this platform, it was decided it that each service will get 10 unmanned aircraft each”.Read More…
