The United States has agreed to supply India with the General Atomics MQ-9 Guardian/Predator-B long-range unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), according to a report in the Hindustan Times citing U.S. and Indian diplomatic officials. The MQ-9 has both land- and sea- variants and can be armed with up to four AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles and laser-guided bombs. The Guardian sea variants are equipped with advanced marine avionics.