Carter's India trip will focus on co-development of weapon programs

By Tony Bertuca / April 8, 2016 at 2:32 PM
Defense Secretary Ash Carter will travel to India next week to discuss opportunities to begin co-developing and producing aircraft carriers, jet fighters and jet engines, along with several "exciting new projects." Carter, who spoke about his upcoming trip during an April 8 speech at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, said the discussions and pending projects were an outgrowth of the 2012 Defense Technology and Trade Initiative that India signed with the United States. "Members of my team,...

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