India's Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Department of Defense concluded a Project Agreement (PA) for Air-Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (ALUAV) under the Joint Working Group Air Systems in the Defense Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) program. The PA outlines the collaboration between Air Force Research Laboratory, the Indian Air...
U.S., India to Sign Industrial Security Pact
The United States and India will sign an agreement called Industrial Security Annex that seeks guarantees for the protection of classified information and will allow the transfer of defense technology. The pact will also enable the U.S.-India Defense Technology and Trade Initiative that was signed in 2012 to take off....
U.S., India to Collaborate on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
U.S. and India have identified small air launch unmanned aerial vehicles and a lightweight small arms technology project along with aircraft maintenance for defense collaboration, said Ellen Lord U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. The U.S. statement came as defense officials from the two countries held their latest...
Ambassador Juster Pitches for U.S.-India Free Trade Agreement
Delivering his inaugural policy address on U.S.-India Relations at Carnegie India, U.S. ambassador to India, Kenneth I. Juster said, "I want to see a U.S.-India Free Trade Agreement … a strategic view of our economic relationship could lead to a road map for a U.S.-India Free Trade Agreement." He also...
Mattis: U.S. to share advanced defense technologies with India
The first high-ranking official of the Trump administration to visit India since January, U.S. defense secretary James Mattis said on a two-day visit to New Delhi, "We look forward to sharing some of our most advanced defense technologies through the bilateral Defense Technology and Trade Initiative." Live Mint reports that...
U.S. to Restructure DoD to Strengthen Ties with India
In a report to the Congress, the U.S. Government said it is creating new positions in its Department of Defense to strengthen its military ties with India. Two new under secretary level posts will be set up by February 2018 to steer the Defense Technology and Trade Initiative that seeks...