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U.S., India Renew Defense Initiative

Friday, January 30th, 2015

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The United States and India have renewed a commitment first made 10 years ago to cooperate in the trade, development and production of defense technology.The agreement to extend the pact by another 10 years was finalized over the weekend of Jan. 24-25 during President Barack Obama’s visit to the country that included meetings with Indian Prime Minister Nerandra Modi. It would have expired this year.The U.S.-India Defense Technology and Trade Initiative is part of a broader overall effort between the…

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