New Delhi: The new US defence secretary, Ashton Carter, will visit India next month to take forward the proposed co-development and co-production of military technologies, ranging from aircraft carrier launch systems to mini spy drones, identified during President Barack Obama's visit here in January.
US defence under-secretary Frank Kendall, who now co-chairs the bilateral Defence Trade and Technology Initiative (DTTI), on his part, told a news agency in Washington that the Obama government would back the selling of General Atomics' EMALS (electromagnetic aircraft launch systems) and other key technologies to India.
As reported by TOI earlier, this is important because India wants its next 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier, which will be built domestically, to have CATOBAR (catapult assisted take-off but arrested recovery) configuration for launching fighters as well as heavier aircraft from its deck.
06/04/16 Times of India
