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Defense.gov News Release: U.S. – India Joint Press Release on Secretary of Defense Carter’s Visit to India
To date, the U.S. and India have completed negotiations for project agreements to implement the first phase of two government-to-government pathfinder projects: Mobile Electric Hybrid Power Sources (MEHPS), which can mitigate the heavy burden of logistics resupply that our expeditionary services face, and Next Generation Protective Ensembles (NGPE), which would enable our services to operate in chemical and biological environments with no or minimal degradation in performance. The project agreements are currently undergoing respective national processes for approval.
In addition, India and the U.S. are in the process of identifying other cooperative pathfinder projects focused on jet engines, aircraft carrier construction, and unmanned aerial vehicles. This is a significant step forward for the DTTI and an important example of the deepening Indian and U.S. defense relationship.
India, US set to finalise aircraft carrier technology agreement
India and the US are likely to finalise an agreement for the transfer of a vital aircraft technology, when US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter visits New Delhi on Tuesday.
The two sides would also be reviewing the progress made on the projects agreed upon during President Barrack Obamas visit to India in January this year, including the proposed co-development and co-production of military technologies. The Defence framework agreement, signed between the countries in 2005, is to come up for renewal, when Mr Carter sit across his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar for delegation level talks.
The US defence secretary’s visit to India is about one thing—technology - Quartz
Carter’s India visit is timed to sign the defence framework agreement, which has been renewed for another 10 years. The latest version reportedly expands the ambit of cooperation beyond the original document signed in 2005. It will also incorporate the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI), under which the two countries are exploring joint production of weapons.
During US president Barack Obama’s visit to New Delhi in
January, India and the US announced four projects for co-production,
including
- the next generation Raven unmanned aerial vehicles and
- protective gear against chemical and biological weapons.
- jet engine technology
- aircraft carrier design.
US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter on three-day visit to India | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis
As Deputy Secretary, Carter was the main architect of the India-US Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI), and advocated support for treating India at the same level as their closest partner in terms of extent and level of technology transfer, co-development, co-production and collaborative ventures, expedited approval process for licenses among others, a Defence Ministry statement said.
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