India's purchase of Guardian drones Approved: US

The United States Ministry of External Affairs has been approved the India's purchase of naval variant of the Predator drone. The deal would be a first such purchase by a country that is not a member of the NATO alliance.

It is said that the deal would be about two billion dollars and be able to get approval for the deal in terms of India thrive in an important test of the bilateral defense relationship because the thriving relationship between former US President Barack Obama's term the current President Donald trump was to come after the lack of warmth coming in order to control the nuclear program of North Korea them to secure help from China.

India has raised the issue of the drones with the Pentagon three times since June 2016, officials said.

The Indian Navy wants the unarmed surveillance drones to keep watch over the Indian Ocean. The deal would be the first such purchase by a country that is not a member of the NATO alliance.

Lockheed has offered to shift its ageing F-16 production line from Fort Worth, Texas, as part of Modi's "Make-in-India" drive while it ramps up production of the high-end F-35 aircraft at home.

Since Trump's election on an "American First" platform, US and Indian officials have sought to play down any contradiction between his stated desire to protect American jobs and Modi's "Make in India" policy, arguing, for example, that deals in which components made in the United States are shipped to India for assembly benefit workers in both countries.

Modi's two-day visit to Washington begins on Sunday. Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping in April and has also had face time with the leaders of nations including Japan, Britain and Vietnam since taking office in January, prompting anxiety in New Delhi that India is no longer a priority in Washington.