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The U.S. aerospace company Lockheed Martin denied the claims circulating in some media recently that the F-16 Block 70 fighters for Bulgaria will be manufactured in India, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.

The American F-16 Viper fighters, for which Bulgaria negotiates, will almost certainly be produced in India. Lockheed Martin proposed to open a new factory in the Asian country and move the production of US planes into it in an attempt to win a major military order from the New Delhi authorities.

Finally, India has struck a deal with France to acquire 36 Rafale fighter jets.

Italy, France and Germany signed on Monday an agreement to jointly develop a European drone program.

Defense Ministers of all three EU member states took part in the ceremony marking the beginning of a project which was first proposed in 2013.