New Delhi: India has searched for “more clearly” from the US with prices, maintenance, and technology transfer in the proposal of $ 3 billion (around Rs 22,000 Crore) deals to obtain 30 armed MQ-9B Predator drones, designed for long-term precision ranges attacking against hostile targets on land and sea.
The Mega Procurement Project will be moved for “Acceptance of Needs” by the Defense Acquisition Board of Rajnath Singh-LED, after clarification is provided by the US government, said the source on Tuesday.
The Indian armed forces have long been looking to look at the drones of combat-sized “hunter-killers”, armed with air missiles to land and smart bombs and are able to fly for almost 40 hours of stretches, to increase their ability to turn off the long-term lethal lethal.
is the first to report that India has completed plans to obtain 30 MQ-9B or Seaguardian / Skyguardian / Sky-Siloted-Piloted-Piloted, 10 each for the Army, Navy and IAF, with different charges for hunting and destroying the top targets land and sea.
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But the high cost of government agreement to the government through the US foreign military sales program has delayed the final contract ink.
“Because of the high procurement costs for 30 armed drones, the Ministry of Defense wants better insight into the agreement under FMS.
Have asked for more details about the right costs, repair and maintenance facilities that will be established in India, and the transfer of technology will be Requires, “said a source.
After the DAC meets Aon for the project, India will issue LOR (letter request) which can be followed up to the US government.
The last contract, in turn, will be pressed after Washington responds to Loa (a letter of supply and receipt) and told the US Congress.
“All of this must be relatively fast because substantial discussions have occurred.
After payment fell 15%, the remaining installments will be spread over five to six years,” another source said.
Ink bilateral defense with the US, especially Comasa (communication, compatibility and security arrangements) in 2018 and the basic exchange agreement and cooperation for geospatial cooperation (BECA) by 2020, has paved the way for India to get greater access to military technology Advanced level with safe encrypted communication and data link.
The MQ-9B drone has a comcasa setting (communication, compatibility and security) -Protemen such as advanced GPS, friend identification or recipient of the enemy and VHF system, which is immune to traffic jams and spoofing from the enemy.