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India to ink biggest $2.2 bn defence deal with US

	April 28, 2008

India is set to sign a $2.2 billion deal, its biggest with the US, for eight long-range maritime reconnaissance (LRMR) aircraft, even as the Indian Navy Chief opposed “intrusiveness” in the use of military hardware the country purchases. Negotiations for the purchase of the Boeing-P8I LRMR aircraft are in the final stages and are believed to have been wrapped up during Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta’s just-concluded visit to the US. The agreement for the purchase under the US Foreign ...