Chennai, Jan 29 (UNI) The United States will participate in
a major way in the Aero India-2021 to be held at Bengaluru
along with major defense companies.
A release from the US Consulate here, said, the participation
of US in Aero India 2021 is another example of the deepening
defense and strategic partnership between the United States
and India.
Don Heflin, US Chargé d’Affaires, will lead a high-level
delegation of US Government officials and defense industry
representatives to the event.
“I am pleased to head this year’s US delegation to Aero India
to show our continued commitment to strengthening US-India
defense cooperation, in line with India’s status as a Major
Defense Partner,” Heflin said.
“US participation in Aero India 2021 reflects our increasingly
close bilateral defense ties and our shared vision of a free
and open Indo-Pacific region”, Heflin said.
US participation provides both US industry and the US military
services the opportunity to strengthen military-to-military
relations and defense cooperation with India.
"Our two militaries work together to uphold a rules-based
international order in the Indo-Pacific. Public and private
participation by the United States in Aero India 2021
demonstrates the importance the United States places on
its strategic partnership with India,' Heflin said.
The US Government delegation will include Don Heflin,
Ms Kelli L Seybolt Air Force Deputy Undersecretary,
International Affairs; Lt Gen David A Krumm 11th Air
Force Commander; Major General Mark E Weatherington
8th Air Force Commander; Brig General Brian Bruckbauer
Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate
Director; Judith Ravin, US Consul General in Chennai;
Aileen Nandi, Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs,
US Commercial Service; and Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher,
Defense Attaché US Embassy New Delhi.
Leading U.S. defense companies are also participating in
Aero India 2021, including Aerospace Quality Research and
Development LLC, Airborn Inc., Boeing, IEH Corporation,
GE Aviation, General Atomics, Hi-Tech Import Export
Corporation, L3Harris, Laversab India, Lockheed Martin,
Raytheon, and Trakka Systems.
Among the highlights of the show, a B-1B Lancer heavy bomber,
of the 28th Bomb Wing based out of Ellsworth Air Force Base
in South Dakota, will perform a “fly-by.”
The B-1B Lancer, a supersonic heavy bomber, is a truly
remarkable aircraft, capable of carrying out missions
worldwide from its bases in the United States, as well
as from forward deployed locations.
It carries the largest conventional payload of both
guided and unguided weapons in the US Air Force and
is considered the backbone of America’s long-range
bomber force.
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