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Nothing is free.. new equipment has to be bought and integrated for P-8i to be able to be communicate encrypted data to other american equipment.

List of items as part of MH-60R purchase deal......

U.S. State Dept OKs $2.6 billion sale of MH-60R helicopters to India WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale to India of 24 MH-60R Multi-Mission helicopters for an estimated cost of $2.6 billion, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The principal...

One of my observations about the current Govt, is that their decision making is not binary. There is no all or nothing approach like before. they go ahead with limited numbers if consensus is not reached, same as seen in rafale deal. even with 24 MH60 R, this would probably one of the largest...

BREAKING: India Clears Decks For 24 American MH-60 Romeo Helicopters For The @IndianNavy.

India does not have a setup like pentagon where procurements are handled centrally yet, there are steps being taken to form a central defence procurement agency independent of govt of the day. You need to realise the previous govt failed not only in defence procurement but also in many areas...

Looks like you are not following up on news, Helicopters are now part of strategic partner policy along with fighter jets, submarines and armoured vehicles. Policy was supposed to be released by March 2017, but due to queries raised by companies the policy was released in may. All tenders which...

True, your points can't be denied. This happened when you had incompetent babus and politicians dealing on strategic matters.

Even at 6% cost escalation over four years, additional cost would be 191 million. Given the purchases we have seen in the past year that doesn't sound like a large amount, Cost may not be a factor. http://armingindia.com/India-Pushes-Rafale-Talks-Forward-DAC-Clears-Mi-17-Choppers-01-09-2015.htm...

If Americans really want to do real business with India, they have to study how Russians managed to do the same almost 40 years ago. Who ever is doing that study should try to make objective assessments and not let "Cold war politics" of that time cloud their judgement. Cold war politics may...