First MQ-9 Drones To Be Delivered Within Four Years of Contract

New Delhi: India is finalising a Letter of Request (LoR) to the US for the acquisition of 31 MQ-9B Reaper drones. The deal for the drones, worth an estimated $3 billion, was part of the joint statement released during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Washington on June 22 this year.An LoR is the first stage of an arms contract between the US government and a foreign country. This is