- 10th Defense Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) Group Meeting.
- DTTI Group Meetings are normally held twice a year, alternating between India and the United States.
- The aim of the DTTI Group is
- to bring sustained leadership focus to the bilateral defense trade relationship and
- Create opportunities for co-production and co-development of defense equipment.
- Four Joint Working Groups focused on land, naval, air, and aircraft carrier technologies have been established under DTTI to promote mutually agreed projects within their domains.
- The groups reported to the co-chairs on ongoing activities and collaborative opportunities including a number of near-term projects targeted for completion on priority.
- As evidence of their commitment to demonstrating the success of DTTI, the co-chairs signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) that declared their intent “to strengthen our dialogue on defense technology cooperation by pursuing detailed planning and making measurable progress” on several specific DTTI projects.
- The SOP will serve as the framework for DTTI and allow both sides to reach and document a mutual understanding on how to define and achieve success.
- This forum offers an opportunity for Indian and U.S. industry to be directly involved in DTTI and facilitates dialogue between government and industry on issues that impact industrial collaboration.
