Born to a farmer’s family in a village in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh on July 10, 1951, Rajnath Singh began his career as a professor in Physics. He served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state and a Cabinet Minister in the Atal Behari...
Lockheed Martin Will Make Wings for F-16 Warplanes in India
In partnership with India's Tata Advanced Systems Ltd., Bethesda, MD headquartered Lockheed Martin will manufacture wings for all global F-16 customers at a facility in India, the company's Fort Worth-based aeronautics division said. The jointly managed facility will be based in Hyderabad, India, and will form part of a planned...
Juster: U.S. Offers Critical Defense Technology to India
Speaking at a U.S.-India Business Council seminar on April 18, the first day of the defense exhibition DefExpo-18 at Chennai, U.S. envoy to India Kenneth Juster said that the U.S. will transfer critical defense technology to India in May -- a technology that will be exclusive, and one that the U.S. hasn’t...
At India's DefExpo 2018, Multinationals Ink Partnerships
India’s largest Land, Naval, and Internal Security System’s Exposition, DefExpo India, has become one of the largest events of its kind in the world for the last 10 years. Defense Expo 2018 was a four-day event at the southern city of Chennai, India. The tagline this year was "India: The...
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...
U.S., India, China, Lead in Artificial Intelligence
Malcolm Frank, head of strategy at IT firm Cognizant, headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, told CNNMoney that the United States, India, and China are far ahead of anyone else in artificial intelligence. In America, Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Tesla are investing billions of dollars to substitute for people in sectors such...