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| Gates in India to push US firms |
| US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has arrived in Delhi on a two-day visit aimed at bolstering military ties and promoting US arms manufacturers.
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| INDIA
, 27-February-2008
0:33:10 AM |
| US firms are competing with Russian and European rivals for a multi-billion dollar deal to sell India fighter jets.
Mr Gates has said he wants to "expand" India's "significantly improved relationship" with the US. India has largely relied on Russian arms imports.
India meanwhile says it successfully tested a new type of ballistic missile.
The nuclear-capable missile was launched from an underwater platform off the south-eastern coast of India, a defence ministry official told the AFP news agency.
The new missile is expected to serve a nuclear submarine being built by India.
'Best package'
Mr Gates is expected to spend his two-day visit lobbying for US firms that hope to win a contract to supply India with 126 new fighter jets.
US-based Lockheed and Boeing are competing for the deal, valued at between $10bn-$12bn.
Other firms fighting for the contract include Russia's Mig, France's Dassault, Sweden's Saab and the Eurofighter consortium of British, German, Italian and Spanish companies.
The deadline for the bids expires next week.
A US official told Reuters news agency Mr Gates would aim to show that Americans offered not only the best product but the best maintenance package too.
US firms "operate with integrity", the official said, "which is different than what India has seen with other partners in the world".
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