Sep. 11 at 8:30 AM
🚨 US-Boeing in India for
$4B Aircraft Deal as Russia’s Arms Share Falls
US Defence officials & Boeing execs to visit India next week.
Aim: Restart
$4B deal for 6 P-81 patrol aircraft, cleared in 2019.
India earlier bought 8 P-8Is for
$2.2B in 2009 + 4 more a decade later.
Aircraft deployed in Tamil Nadu for Indian Ocean surveillance.
Since 2018, India signed
$20B US defence deals.
In Oct 2024, a
$3B+ pact was signed for 31 drones.
Russia’s arms share in India fell to 36% in 2023 from 76% in 2009.
Visit follows Trump’s US-India trade talks restart after 50% tariffs on Indian exports.
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