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in India’s defense ecosystem for decades, the two countries commit to accelerating and deepening the integration

between our respective defense industrial sectors. As such, the United States and India will work together to

identify immediate and high-impact opportunities to cooperatively produce the systems required to meet India’s

military modernization objectives. Such efforts can lead to greater opportunities for cooperative development of

new technologies and cooperative production of existing systems, in turn strengthening supply chains and

bolstering India’s domestic defense industry. This work will also contribute to the U.S.-India initiative on Critical

and Emerging Technology (iCET) announced in January 2023 to elevate and expand strategic technology

partnership and defense industrial cooperation.

In advancing defense industrial cooperation, India and the United States endorse the following general principles

of cooperation:

► The United States and India will work to facilitate dialogue between government and industry to address

areas of mutual concern, that may inhibit collaboration, such as licensing, export controls, security of

supply, barriers to defense trade, foreign direct investment, and technology transfer and security. Both

sides are committed to identifying and discussing any regulatory barriers in the defense domain.

► India and the United States will identify concepts for mission-driven cooperative projects to solve military

problems of mutual interest, and in alignment with national strategic vision and requirements, involving

advanced technologies. Bilateral security concerns will serve as the basis for prioritizing engineering work

in prototyping and experimentation, and for forecasting needs for applied and basic research among the

nations’ defense scientific communities, governments, industries, and centers of innovation. The projects

will be structured with intent to facilitate co-development, and eventually co-production opportunities.

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► The United States intends to support the integration of Indian defense industry into global supply chains

of U.S. defense and aerospace companies.

► India will endeavor to implement the Industrial Security Annex to facilitate deeper bilateral industrial

cooperation on classified cooperation projects.

► Both sides will endeavor to conclude the Security of Supplies Arrangement (SOSA) and Reciprocal

Defense Procurement (RDP) agreement at the earliest opportunity.

Projects under this framework will focus on the following areas, which the two sides have identified as priority

areas with most cooperation potential:

► Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)

(including through the launch of a new “Innovation Bridge” to connect U.S. and Indian defense startups).

The United States and India have established mechanisms for developing and sustaining dialogue between Indian

and U.S. industry on defense industrial cooperation.

Co-developed or co-produced products will be eligible for sale, including exports. Any such sales or transfers

would be evaluated by India and United States, subject to the national export control laws and regulations of each

country and taking into consideration the defense articles and/or services in question, as well as their intended

end use, the recipient/customers, and other factors.

The United States and India will identify lead points of contact who will be responsible for coordinating

engagements and track implementation of cooperative projects agreed to under the Defense Industrial Roadmap.

These leads will be responsible for reviewing potential opportunities and prioritizing actions, with the goal of