India and U.S sign agreement for air-launched unmanned aerial vehicle project

India and U.S sign agreement for air-launched unmanned aerial vehicle project

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Category : Defense Published on: September 07 2021

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·         The Ministry of Defense, Government of India and the US Department of Defense have signed a Project Agreement (PA) for the Air-Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (ALUAV).

·         The agreement has been signed under the Joint Working Group on Air Systems in Defense Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI).

·         The PA for the ALUAV is part of the Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation (RDT&E) MoU, first signed between the Defense Ministry and the US Department of Defense in January 2006 and renewed in January 2015.

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About ALUAV

v  ALUAV: Air-Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

v  Air-Launched unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), military aircraft that is guided autonomously, by remote control, or both and that carries sensors, target designators, offensive ordnance, or electronic transmitters designed to interfere with or destroy enemy targets.

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