India, US agree to deepen tech, defence ties

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 chain, human spaceflight, commercial space launches and telecom, including 6G.

These are the major takeaways after the meeting between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and US NSA Jake Sullivan in Washington DC over the last 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.