The roadmap was finalised during talks between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his American counterpart Lloyd Austin, two weeks ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Washington.
At a media briefing, Austin said the US-India partnership is a “cornerstone” for a free and open Indo-Pacific and the deepening ties showed how technological innovation and growing military cooperation between the two “great powers” can be a force for global good.
The US defence secretary said the US-India cooperation matters “because we all face a rapidly changing world. We see bullying and coercion from the People’s Republic of China and Russian aggression against Ukraine that seeks to redraw borders and threatens national sovereignty.”
It is learnt that Singh and Austin also touched upon General Electric’s proposal to share technology with India for fighter jet engines and New Delhi’s plan to procure 30 MQ-9B armed drones for over $3 billion from US defence major General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.
The US defence secretary also held separate talks with NSA Ajit Doval.
“We established an ambitious new roadmap for defence industrial cooperation with a fast-track (and) high-priority for co-development and co-production projects and to build closer ties between our defence industries,” Austin said.
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