India wants to employ modern US technology to improve the range as well as potency of a planned aircraft carrier, according to defence sources.

The proposal, which has been referred to indirectly in a joint statement at the end of President Obama's recent visit to the State Capital, is the clear signal so far that Washington is all set to help India make its navy, more stronger.

Even though, the aircraft carrier under consideration would not be ready for at least next ten years, this cooperation could work as a balance against China's growing presence in the Indian Ocean.

Under PM Narendra Modi, India's navy is in the middle of accelerated modernisation. Going further, he endorsed navy plans for a carrier which would be the biggest, and is expected to be made with the US technology, as stated by a Defence Ministry source.

The joint statement by Narendra Modi and Barack Obama spoke of a "working group to explore aircraft carrier technology sharing and design".

According to Ravi Vohra, former rear admiral, the Indian navy's final objective was to build a five-carrier fleet consisting of large as well as small carriers.

At the core of the intended cooperation is a US proposal to share the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) developed by General Atomics. Currently, it is being installed on the Gerald R. Ford class of carriers which are joining the navy.

The new system implies that jets can take off a flat deck at a faster speed with less fatigue to the carrier.

It is a giant leap for India. Its present carrier force employs ski-jump ramps to assist aircrafts take off and uses wires to slow them down during landing. Due to this reason, the aircrafts have to be lesser in number and also lighter.

An EMALS system on a flat deck will help India's navy planners to increase the number of planes aboard the INS Vishal from 34 to 50. It will further help field heavier fighter jets with longer range and also airborne early warning airplanes.