Washington: India and the U.S. are in final stages of an agreement on sharing information and technology to enhance their capabilities to detect threats in air travel, a top Indian official has said.
"We are in the final stage for signing of Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for sharing of sensitive security information to help each other in enhancing the capabilities of detection of threat items," Aviation Secretary K N Srivastava said at a meeting of aviation experts and officials during the India-U.S. Aviation Summit.
Srivastava said this agreement would require sharing of knowledge as well as supply of latest technical gadgets including body scanners, threat containment vehicles etc.
"India has played an important role in developing International Civil Aviation Organization Universal Security Audit Programme by offering its expertise," he said in his remarks during the inaugural session of the three-day Aviation Summit, which brought together top government officials, corporate leaders and experts from both the countries.
In the field of aviation security, India has already signed two MoUs with U.S. i.e. on technical visits by teams from either country as well as safe and secure movement of Federal Air Marshals to each country, he said.
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