Commending the 10th anniversary of the Indo-Dutch collaboration in Science, Technology and Innovation Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Mark Rutte agreed to increase focus on public-private partnerships, the linking of ecosystems to help drive innovation, and cooperation in the field of information technology, science and technology, and health. They emphasized...
In India, Lockheed Martin to Focus on Women-led Startups
Having supported startups in India for more than a decade, many of which were led by women, Maryland-based Lockheed Martin plans to invest in technology startups, with a special focus on women-founded ones, says its deputy executive vice president Lorraine M. Martin. Martin recounted initiatives to encourage women to join...
Gravitational-Wave Observatory to Be Set Up in India
A month after the discovery of gravitational waves, a memorandum of understanding for building a state-of-the-art LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) project in the country, was signed between the National Science Foundation U.S.A. and India's Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Science and Technology. LIGO-India will collaborate with the...
Boeing Expands Research Center in India
Chicago based aircraft maker, Boeing is expanding its research center in Bangalore and is also considering investing in Indian companies manufacturing aeronautical components, with a view to bolstering its supply chain. “[The] investment environment in India is improving. Given that background, we are open to making equity investments,” said Pratyush...
Lockheed Makes Tail for Transport Aircraft in India
Phil Shaw, chief executive of Lockheed Martin India told Defenseworld.net that tail sections of C-130 aircraft for Lockheed Martin’s global customers are being made in India at the joint venture facility they have with Tata Advanced Systems in Hyderabad. He further commented that if international companies treated their 100% owned...