US Wants to Develop Deeper Defence Industrial Cooperation with India: In a nine-page report to the Congress, the Pentagon has said that over the next five years, the US will continue to establish itself as a reliable defence supplierto India. Since 2002, India has signed more than 20 FMS cases for defence articles and services such as C-17 and C-130J aircraft, TPQ-37 radars, Self-Protection Suites (SPS) for WIP aircraft, specialised tactical equipment, HARPOON missiles, Sensor-Fuzed Weapons, and carrier flight and test pilot school training. Once the C-17 contract is fulfilled, India will operate the second largest fleet of C-17s in the world. A LoR has been issued to the US Government for the procurement of nine additional C-130J Super Hercules.
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