On Wednesday US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said,‘The Bharat-US deal to jointly produce fighter jet engines for the Indian Air Force is revolutionary’.
During the historic Official State Visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US, the landmark deal was announced last June.
General Electric signed a memorandum of understanding with Hindustan Aeronautics to make fighter jet engines for the IAF.
Austin told the House Appropriations Subcommittee that the United States has a great relationship with Bharat.
‘We recently have enabled Bharat to produce a jet weapon, a jet engine in Bharat. And that’s kind of revolutionary. That will provide a great capability to them. We are also co-producing an armoured vehicle with Bharat’, he said. ‘So, all of these things, when you add them up, are probably more than we have seen happen in that region in a very, very long
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