India to sign over $7 bn defence deal with US

New Delhi: India is close to inking a defence deal with the US for the procurement of Sea Guardian armed drones and P-8I anti-submarine warfare and surveillance aircraft. The deal is valued at over $7 billion, reported India Today TV on Sunday.

"Indian Navy, Air Force, and Army are coordinating their requirements and specifications for the acquisition of these Sea Guardian armed drones from the US under the FMS route," Defence sources said. They said since some of the capability requirements of the three services would be different from each other, their

collation would take a few months and a LoR is expected to be issued to the American government for the government-to-government deal by February-March

next year.