US defence officials line up for 'Make in India' F-16 proposal

February 27, 2016 09:30

US defence secretary Ashton Carter's two-day India visit beginning late on April 10 will be the high point of a string of visits by top defence officials of the Obama administration.

The quickened pace of the India-US defence relationship is a consequence of last week's formal "Make in India" proposal from Washington on single engine F-16 and twin engine F-18 multi-role fighters.

As importantly, less than a year is left in Obama's second term, and the entire gamut of India-US defence relations, including transfer of F-414 engine technology and joint development of an aircraft carrier, has to be reviewed in the limited time available.

The conveyor belt will be set in motion by foreign secretary S Jaishankar's visit to the US next week in connection with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's presence at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington from March 31-April 1 as well as for talks on issues related to intellectual property rights.

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