During the visit of US President Barack Obama to India both the countries signed defence related deals.
Indo-US defence deal
According to the deal India and US have decided to start up joint manufacturing of four relatively modest military products.
They have also decided to explore the development of two more high end technologies.
Two countries agreed to:
- set up joint combat exercises
- maritime security endevours
- intelligence sharing mechanisms
- military exchanges
- Defence Trade and Technology initiative (DTTI)
Defence Trade and Technology initiative (DTTI)
- DTTI will be launched with four “pathfinder projects”
- Four products will be produced.
Which will be those four products?
| Name of the Product | Explanation |
| Raven unmanned aerial vehicles | hand-launched mini spy drones |
| Roll-on roll-off | Intelligence gathering and reconnaissance modules for C-130J Super Hercules aircraft (India has bought a dozen C-130Js from US for $2 billion) |
| Mobile electric hybrid power sources | Smart power systems with output from 300W to 800KW |
| Uniform integrated protection ensemble increment-2 | Protection gear for soldiers against chemical and biological warfare |
