The US government would support selling General Atomics' electromagnetic launching system for aircraft carriers, and other key technologies, to India, the Pentagon's chief weapons buyer told Reuters on Friday.
Defense Undersecretary Frank Kendall, who heads a joint US-India defence trade and technology effort, said he was optimistic about the two countries' efforts to cooperate on a planned aircraft carrier for India.
"I'm optimistic about cooperating with them on that," Kendall told Reuters in an interview, when asked about the possibility of India acquiring the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) built by privately held General Atomics, which is based in San Diego, California.
India wants to use state-of-the-art US technology to boost the range and potency of a planned aircraft carrier, in a move that would deepen cooperation between both countries and counter China's military influence in the region.
The new system helps jets launch off a flat deck at a faster rate and with less fatigue to the aircraft.
The Pentagon recently appointed Rear Admiral Thomas Moore, the Navy's two-star program executive officer for aircraft carriers, to lead the US part of the working group, said Pentagon spokeswoman Maureen Schumann.
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