India leases 2 SeaGuardian drones from US
First Published Nov 25, 2020, 7:50 PM IST
Indian Navy has leased two MQ-9B SeaGuardian UAVs from the outgoing Donald Trump administration to boost its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, in the midst of the border row with China.

According to news agency ANI, American-origin drones have been inducted by the Navy under the emergency procurement powers granted by the Defence Ministry in view of the India-China border conflict.

"The drones arrived in India in the second week of November and were inducted into flying operations on November 21 at Indian Navy base at INS Rajali," ANI quoted top government sources as saying.