Lockheed Martin to sweeten India fighter jet bid with F-35 technology

The jet order is an attempt to modernize the South Asian nation's defense forces, a plan which could cost as much as $250 billion over a 10-year period ending 2025

Lockheed Martin Corp will provide latest combat jet technologies including a target tracking device aboard the F-16 aircraft that it plans to offer to India in its bid for the world's largest order from the Indian Air Force.

The global defence giant will offer jets equipped with the advanced radar which is fitted on its fifth-generation combat jet, the F-35, as well as a helmet-mounted tracking system and a new radio data link system, Vivek Lall, vice president for strategy and business development at Lockheed Martin said Wednesday.

The bid also comes with an offer to shift its lone production line for