New Delhi is likely to buy at least 15 of the planes, which are priced at about $110 million each, the officials said.
“Its a strategic imperative for both sides, and it has been cleared at the highest levels of the two governments,” said an Indian military source.
For the moment, a stripped-down civilian version of the US-2i plane is being offered to India, to get around Japan’s self-imposed ban on arms exports. A friend or foe identification system will be removed from the aircraft, another defence official said.
Read more at http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/01/28/india-japan-idINDEEA0R07S20140128.
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