The US has approved a $52.8 million sale of High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare (HAASW) sonobuoys to India. This sale aims to enhance India’s anti-submarine warfare capabilities, particularly through the use of MH-60R helicopters.
Defence Security Cooperation Agency, “The proposed sale will improve India’s capability to meet current and future threats by enhancing its capacity to conduct anti-submarine warfare operations from its MH-60R helicopters. India will have no difficulty absorbing this equipment into its armed forces.”