Military equipment co-developed by India, U.S. can be used to dissuade countries from going to ‘mutual adversaries’
The HinduCalling on India and the United States to quickly look at co-development of military hardware and not just co-production, U.S. and quickly we can look at co-development.” The INDUS-X was launched in June 2023 during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s State visit to the U.S., and is meant to expand strategic technology partnerships and defence industrial cooperation between the Indian and U.S. governments, businesses, and academic institutions. On similar lines, stating that the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal set a “new echelon of trust” between the two governments and helped get over a lot of past historical apprehensions between the two countries, USIBC president Atul Keshap emphasised on the power of private sectors of the two countries to collaborate and innovate together, to design, develop and produce together. ‘War is not the goal’, Garcetti quotes Rig Veda, Mahabharata Mr. Garcetti referred to Indian epics to stress that the goal was “not to wage war”. Like so much we discover in India, it was actually written here first.” Driving strategic partnerships Organised by Innovations for Defence Excellence under the Department of Defence Production, the Ministry of Defence, and the U.S. Department of Defence, in conjunction with the U.S.-India Business Council and the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers, the summit aims to be a “pivotal event driving strategic technology partnerships and defence industrial cooperation” between India and the U.S., the Defence Ministry said in a statement.