Reading Time: 7 minutes by Air Marshal Anil Khosla (Retd). Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to travel to the US for an official state visit from June 21, 2023 to June 24, 2023. This will be his first state visit to the US during his nine-year-long reign as Prime Minister. The forthcoming visit has triggered a debate about the security and defence cooperation at large and the likelihood of a defence deal related to fighter aircraft and aero engines in particular.