The UK has pledged to help India build its advanced fighter jets. Here’s why
2022-04-27 07:55:36 source:CNBC
April 26, 2022
Britain has promised to help transfer advanced technology to produce fighter jets in India — the first concrete attempt by the West to move India away from its dependence on Russian arms.
The move was announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson when he visited his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in New Delhi last week, when India and the UK reiterated their commitment to cooperate on defense and security issues.
Details of the project were not released but U.S. defense publication Defense News reported that the offer likely relates to the U.K.'s sixth-generation Tempest Future Combat Air System program.
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