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The Dollar Business Bureau In his first call to his Indian counterpart after being appointed, US defence secretary James Mattis assured continued momentum on 'key bilateral defence efforts' between US and India, as reported by Jeff Davis, Pentagon Press Secretary. “Secretary Mattis and Minister Parrikar affirmed their commitment to sustain the momentum on key bilateral defence efforts to include the defence technology and trade initiative,” he said After a brief conversation between the two leaders over the phone, Davis said that they had affirmed their commitment to carry forward the bilateral defence cooperation built between the two nations in recent years. Sustained progress under the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI), which promotes co-development of military capabilities between the two countries, was also promised by the new Defence Secretary. Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA), the flagship deal of India-US bilateral defence ties, was signed ...

The Dollar Business Bureau India and the United States on Tuesday reiterated the need to expedite their discussions on key defence areas including jet engine technology and aircraft carriers under the India-US Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI). The announcement was made by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at the joint press conference with the United States Defence Secretary Ashton Carter, who is on a four-day visit to India. “DTTI has provided an unprecedented platform for our two countries to strengthen bilateral cooperation in cutting-edge technologies and to address procedural delays in decision-making. We also agreed to expand DTTI by introducing new and more ambitious projects for mutual collaboration,” Parrikar said. Striking similarity between DTTI and Make in India programmes and to further bolster engagements ...

Source: PTI India and US defence officials committed to exchange ideas in the search for additional projects for possible co-development and co-production   Ahead of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s maiden US visit next month, the two countries have made progress on their ambitious collaboration in the fields of jet engine and aircraft carrier technology, according to a Pentagon official. The terms of reference for Jet Engine Technology Joint Working Group has been finalised and is likely to be signed next month, while the second meeting of the Joint Working Group on Aircraft Carrier Technology Cooperation (JWGACTC) has been slated for next February, a senior US defence department official told PTI. During the 4th meeting of the India-US Defense Technology and Trade ...

Source: PIB, Government of India During an official visit to India, Dr. Ashton Carter, the United States Secretary of Defence, met Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He also met the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and the National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. Before arriving in Delhi, Secretary Carter also visited the Eastern Naval Command. Parrikar and Secretary Carter discussed the India-U.S. defence relationship, and the broader India-US Strategic Partnership, and reaffirmed their commitment to expand and deepen the bilateral defence relationship. The two also reviewed the existing and emerging regional security dynamics. The Defence Minister and Secretary Carter signed the 2015 Framework for the India-US Defence Relationship, which builds upon the previous framework and successes ...

Source: PIB, Government of India Leading a high level delegation, the US Secretary of Defence Dr. Ashton Carter will arrive in Visakhapatnam shortly today on a 3 day visit to the country. This would be Dr Carter’s first visit to India as Secretary of Defence. He had earlier visited India in September 2013 and July 2012 as Deputy Secretary of Defence. As Deputy Secretary, Dr 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, etc. Dr. Carter after visiting Visakhapatnam based Eastern Naval ...

 Sai Nikesh | The Dollar Business India and the United States, as a part of defence cooperation, have finalized a new framework agreement which would be a replacement to the existing deal, that was supposed to expire in June 2015. The new defence framework is expected to facilitate synchronization between the armed forces of the two countries, along with creating a larger scope for technology transfer in defence between the two economies. According to the defence reports, the deal will make the process easier for American firms to share their military technology with India and also actively participate in manufacturing of weapon systems jointly with India. Meanwhile, the Union Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar, said that a dialogue has been ...

The Dollar Business Bureau In a move towards Defence Trade and Technology Initiative (DTTI), the United States officials on Thursday stressed India to ink three key pacts that have been pending over years. The three pacts that were mentioned are Logistics Support Agreement (LSA), Communication Interoperability and Security Memorandum Agreement (CISMOA) and Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geo-Spatial Cooperation (BECA). Terming them as ‘foundation pacts’ for stronger defence cooperation between the two countries, the US officials said, “If India did not sign the pacts, it would become an issue at some point in the future, as the two countries worked on high-end defence technology.” According to a report from India Defence Research Wing, the US officials made ...

The Dollar Business Bureau The Government of India’s growing efforts towards stronger relations with the United States, is signaling a shift-away of its defence co-operation towards the United States from erstwhile Russia. The latest reports say that India is keen on importing the US state-of-the-art Aircraft Carrier Technology to boost the Indian Navy. A proposal to this effect was supposedly raised in a joint statement at the end of Obama’s recent visit to India, say the sources. According to a report from the Indian Defence & Research Wing (IDRW), Ashton Carter, a top US defence official and Obama’s nominee for US Defence Secretary was quoted to have said, “If confirmed, I will take a stronger interest in strengthening US-India ties ...