Eye on China, India and US to deepen ties on defence, AI, quantum computing, space

In what is being perceived as the new frontier for cooperation with an eye on China, India and the US have decided to deepen cooperation on defence, artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, high-performance computing, co-production of jet engines, semiconductor supply chains, human spaceflight, commercial space launches, telecom technologies including 6G.

These are the major takeaways from the meeting held between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and US NSA Jake Sullivan in Washington DC over the past two days. The two NSAs met for the first meeting of the US-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET), which was decided between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden in May 2022 on the sidelines of the Quad meeting in Tokyo.