Achi news desk-
Washington: The India-US deal to jointly manufacture fighter jet engines for the Indian Air Force is revolutionary, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told lawmakers on Wednesday.
The important deal was announced last June during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic official state visit to the US. General Electric signed a memorandum of understanding with Hindustan Aeronautics to manufacture fighter jet engines for the Air Force.
Austin told the House Appropriations Subcommittee that the United States has an “excellent relationship” with India.
“Recently we have allowed India to produce jet weapons, jet engines in India. And that is kind of revolutionary. It will provide them with an excellent capability. We are also jointly producing an armored vehicle with India,” he said
“So, all of those things, when you add them up, it’s probably more than we’ve seen happen in this area in a very long time,” Austin said.
(Except for the headline, this story was not edited by the Kashmir Monitor staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
