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India to Lease 2 MQ-9B SeaGuardian Drones for Navy
The Indian government has finalised a lease contract of two MQ-9B Sea Guardian HALE UAVs with General Atomics worth ₹1,943 crore within a period of 30 months. This will bring the total number of drones on lease to four, allowing simultaneous monitoring of the eastern and western coastlines.