India Signs Project Agreement With US For Air-Launched Aerial Vehicles

The agreement was signed on July 30 earlier this year between the Ministry of Defence and the US Department of Defence.

India has signed a project agreement (PA) with the United States for air-launched unmanned aerial vehicles (ALUAV), informed the Ministry of Defence on Friday. According to an official release, the agreement was signed on July 30 earlier this year between the Ministry of Defence and the US Department of Defence under the joint working group air systems in the defence technology and trade initiative (DTTI). The PA for ALUAV falls under the research, development, testing and evaluation (RDT&E) memorandum of agreement between the Ministry of Defence and the US Department of Defence, which was first signed in January 2006 and renewed in January 2015. The agreement is a significant step towards deepening defence technology collaboration between the two nations through the co-development of defence equipment, the ministry said.