In an effort to enhance surveillance along the borders with China and Pakistan besides the strategically important Indian Ocean region, India is likely to ink with the USA a deal for 30 MQ- 9B Predator armed drones worth over three billion dollars.
“The two sides are negotiating the proposed contract for the last five years for the US-made drones and the ball is now in India’s court,” officials said late Wednesday in Washington. These remarks came in the backdrop of National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval holding talks over the last two days with top US policy makers besides his counterpart Jake Sullivan.
