According to CNN, the Defense Department will provide support to India for its Covid response, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Sunday. "I have directed the Department to use every resource at our disposal, within our authority, to support U.S. inter-agency efforts to rapidly provide India's front line healthcare workers with...
India-US Tailoring Predator UAV For Multi-Service Buy
The Pentagon and India’s Ministry of Defense are working together to “tailor” a standardized version of the Predator B Reaper attack drone for use by all three Indian armed services, with officials actively discussing how to finalize the long-planned sale. Key to revising, and finalizing, export of the armed unmanned...
U.S., India Strengthen Defense Cooperation
On December 3, 2018, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis welcomed India's Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to the Pentagon for the fourth set of talks the two defense leaders have held this year. Both nations share "the same principles, values and respect for the rules-based international order," Mattis said at the...
Pentagon Renames Pacific Command to Indo-Pacific Command
Acknowledging the U.S.'s growing ties to India, the Pentagon changed the name of the Pacific Command to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis formally announced the name change on Wednesday, May 30. "In recognition of the increasing connectivity between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, today we rename the U.S....
Defense Alignment Between India and U.S. Accelerates
DefenseNews reports that the Obama administration has made strengthening ties with India a priority, and this has been highlighted by the focus Defense Secretary Ash Carter has had on the South Asian nation. Ashley Tellis, a former State Department official now with the Carnegie Endowment, calls the recent state visit...