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The US and India are set to shortly announce a "signature, big-ticket" project that will symbolise the finalisation of India as a "major defence partner", senior officials involved in the talks have said.
US defence secretary Ashton Carter was in New Delhi this week on a farewell visit and met defence minister Manohar Parrikar for the seventh time in two years.
Officials would not describe the "signature project". One official simply said "it flies".
This has led to speculation that Boeing and/or Lockheed Martin would be partnering an Indian entity to set up an assembly line for F/A-18 Super Hornet or F-16 Fighting Falcon combat jets.
Although this seemingly goes against the incoming Donald Trump presidency's stated aim of checking the flight of manufacturing and jobs from the US, officials assess that if the project is dovetailed into the "Make in India" policy, it would generate more jobs in both countries.
The project would be under the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative that was launched by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama in 2012.
It has now expanded to include seven joint working groups on jet engine technology; aircraft technology; naval systems; air systems; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; chemical-biological protection systems, and other systems
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1161211/jsp/nation/story_124117.jsp#.WE3D6npiyaJ
US defence secretary Ashton Carter was in New Delhi this week on a farewell visit and met defence minister Manohar Parrikar for the seventh time in two years.
Officials would not describe the "signature project". One official simply said "it flies".
This has led to speculation that Boeing and/or Lockheed Martin would be partnering an Indian entity to set up an assembly line for F/A-18 Super Hornet or F-16 Fighting Falcon combat jets.
Although this seemingly goes against the incoming Donald Trump presidency's stated aim of checking the flight of manufacturing and jobs from the US, officials assess that if the project is dovetailed into the "Make in India" policy, it would generate more jobs in both countries.
The project would be under the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative that was launched by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama in 2012.
It has now expanded to include seven joint working groups on jet engine technology; aircraft technology; naval systems; air systems; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; chemical-biological protection systems, and other systems
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1161211/jsp/nation/story_124117.jsp#.WE3D6npiyaJ
