Javelin co-production in India advances under DTTI
http://www.shephardmedia.com/news/landwarfareintl/javelin-co-production-india-advances-under-dtti/?nocache=141380557039 Land Warfare 17th October 2014 - 14:00 by Neelam Mathews in Delhi Plans are afoot in India to co-develop and co-produce the next generation of Raytheon-Lockheed Martin FGM-148 Javelin ATGMs. The Javelin proposal is being instigated as the US signs a new 10-year Defence Trade and Technology Initiative (DTTI) with India as the old one is set to expire in mid-2015. On a recent visit to India, US secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel stated: ‘This is an unprecedented offer that we have made only to India and no one else. To ensure our defense industrial cooperation receives the attention it demands, in May, I announced that I was directing the Pentagon's Undersecretary for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Frank Kendall …. to lead and advance the DTTI.’ Presently, the military has to make do with second-generation 2km rang...