Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the Quad Summit in Delaware on Saturday to discuss key areas of the India-US strategic partnership, including the procurement of MQ-9B Predator drones.
After a bilateral meeting with PM Modi in his hometown, Biden welcomed the procurement of 31 General Atomics MQ-9B drones which will help boost India’s surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities. In a joint fact sheet, the two leaders noted the remarkable progress achieved under the US-India defence industrial cooperation roadmap, including collaboration to advance priority co-production arrangements for jet engines, munitions, and ground mobility systems.
