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Sunday, December 29, 2013

India, United States Defense Deals

India has purchased of 4 AN/TPQ-37(V)3  Firefinder Weapon Locating Systems (counter-battery artillery radar) at cost of  $200 million from the US company Raytheon in 2002 and all the 12 AN/TPQ-37(V)3 were delivered as early 2007


USS Trenton (LPD-14) (Austin-class amphibious transport dock of the United States Navy) was purchased by the Indian Navy in 2006 and it was handed over to the Indian Navy on 17 January 2007 and it was renamed 'INS Jalashwa' . Indian Navy also purchased 6 H-3 Sea King utility transport helicopters. Whole deal was worth 92.5 $ million.


The Indian Air Force purchased six C-130J-30 "Super" Hercules turboprop military transport aircraft at cost of up to US$1.059 billion for its special operations forces and deal for additional six will be signed  C-130J-30 "Super" Hercules at cost of US$ 1.2 billion soon.
 The proposal was cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on December 20,2013
India,USA signed the deal yesterday under which the US Air Force will supply the aircraft to the IAF through the Foreign Military Sales route

Indian Navy have ordered 12 P-8I Multimission Maritime Patrol and Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft at cost of US$3.1 billion to replace its aging Tupolev Tu-142M maritime surveillance aircrafts.
 Indian Air Force will also order 22 AH-64D Block III Apache helicopters, 812 AGM-114L-3 HELLFIRE LONGBOW missiles, 542 AGM-114R-3 HELLFIRE II missiles, 245 STINGER Block I-92H missiles, 23 Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensors at cost of $1.4 billion.


Indian Navy has also purchased 24 L-model Harpoon Block II anti-ship missiles at cost of $170 million to equip its equip its its Jaguar strike aircrafts and P-8I Neptune maritime patrol aircrafts


 

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