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http://www.janes.com/article/61734/india-aims-to-acquire-22-guardian-maritime-patrol-uavs
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) issued a letter of request (LoR) to the United States on 17 June to procure 22 multimission General Atomics Guardian (a maritime variant of the Predator B) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the Indian Navy (IN) via the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route.
India aims to buy 22 General Atomics Guardian UAVs for the Indian Navy to patrol the Indian Ocean region. (General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc)
Official sources said the request for the maritime patrol aircraft, which would monitor the Indian Ocean region and surrounding areas, was despatched to the Offices of Defense Cooperation in the US Embassy in New Delhi. The move follows India's induction into the 35-nation Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) on 6 June.
Indian sources said a letter of acceptance from the US would follow later in the year, after which price negotiations would begin and the UAV contract be signed sometime in 2017-18.
@Abingdonboy @PARIKRAMA @anant_s
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) issued a letter of request (LoR) to the United States on 17 June to procure 22 multimission General Atomics Guardian (a maritime variant of the Predator B) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the Indian Navy (IN) via the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route.
India aims to buy 22 General Atomics Guardian UAVs for the Indian Navy to patrol the Indian Ocean region. (General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc)
Official sources said the request for the maritime patrol aircraft, which would monitor the Indian Ocean region and surrounding areas, was despatched to the Offices of Defense Cooperation in the US Embassy in New Delhi. The move follows India's induction into the 35-nation Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) on 6 June.
Indian sources said a letter of acceptance from the US would follow later in the year, after which price negotiations would begin and the UAV contract be signed sometime in 2017-18.
@Abingdonboy @PARIKRAMA @anant_s
