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Some $35 Billion In Military Acquisition Could Come In India, Official Says

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

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U.S. defense sales to India have greatly increased over the past decade, with more than $30 billion still to come in military acquisition, according to a State Department official. “They have about $35 billion in acquisition that they’ll be making over the next several years,” Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake said at a Defense Writers Group breakfast yesterday. Earlier this month, Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] saw their bids—for the F/A-18 and…

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