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Carter Unveils New Collaboration Opportunities Between U.S., Indian Defense Industries

Gally Articola

Friday, October 4th, 2013

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Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Sept. 30 unveiled several new initiatives to boost technology co-production and co-development rather than just simple sales. Top on Carter’s list of new initiatives is an invitation to work on a new anti-tank missile together. “We identified and put forward to the Indians a truly groundbreaking and entirely new collaborative proposal to co-develop with India a next-generation Javelin anti-tank capability,” Carter said at the Center for American Progress regarding his recent trip to Asia.…

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