Defence Minister Interacts with Senior Leadership of US Defence Industry
Indian Defence News | By: (Inputs From Agencies)
Defence Minister Interacts With Senior Leadership of US Defence Industry, Outlines Co-Development Opportunities In India
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday interacted with the senior leadership of US defence companies here in an industry round-table organised by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum and outlined the various emerging co-development and co-production opportunities in the defence sector in India.
An official release said that the progressive reforms undertaken by the Centre have encouraged many foreign Original Equipment Manufacturers, including from the US, to set up manufacturing units in India, develop Joint Ventures, and also to make India their alternate export base. The planned co-production of GE 414 aero-engines in India shall be a significant milestone in India-US bilateral relations.
Rajnath Singh highlighted that ‘partnership’ and ‘joint efforts’ are the two keywords that differentiate India’s defence industry partnership with other nations.
The event saw the attendance of senior leadership from prominent US defence and technology companies such as Boeing, GE, General Atomics, General Dynamics Land Systems, L3 Harris, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Technologies, Rolls Royce, and ThayerMahan.
