The Indian Aviation Research Centre (ARC) is interested in acquiring four V-22 Ospreys for the purposes of personnel evacuation in hostile conditions, logistic supplies, and deployment of the Special Frontier Force (SFF) on the border. India had seen the Osprey's utility in relief operations of the 2015 Nepal earthquake. The deal could be worth some $300 million. Elements of the Indian Navy have also looked at the V-22 rather than the E-2D for Airborne early warning and control to replace the short-range Kamov Ka-31.
Bell-Boeing after giving out a technical briefing on V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft to Indian Coast guard and Indian Navy earlier this year.
Indian Army which had dispatched few Helicopters from its Aviation arm to carry out rescue effort in quake hit Nepal this year, also observed operational capability of four tilt-rotor MV-22 Ospreys which were dispatched by US Military for Rescue effort and belonged to Squadron 262 of US Marine Corps which are based out of Okinawa in Japan.
Part propeller plane, part helicopter V-22 Osprey flew in challenging and hostile Himalayan range and was a constant challenge to Pilots flying at that altitude. MV-22 Ospreys while in Nepal flew also flew to a border town in the eastern India. the whole operation was conducted in coordination with Indian Army was to transport urgent relief materials.