Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be on a four-day official visit to the US from August 23 to 26 during which he is set to hold a bilateral meeting with his US counterpart Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, the defence ministry said.

During the visit, the minister will also meet the US Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Jake Sullivan.

The Defence ministry in a statement said the visit comes in the backdrop of the growing momentum in India-US relations and defence engagements at multiple levels.

The discussions are also likely to include other ongoing and likely high-end defence deals between the two countries, such as progress on the agreement between General Electric (GE) Aerospace and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to manufacture GE F-414 jet engines in India which would power the LCA MK 2 fighter jets, MQ-9B Predator drones, negotiations for which are still under progress.