American Industries Identify 25 Defense Technologies For Transfer To India, Israel Worries

American Industries Identify 25 Defense Technologies For Transfer To India, Israel Worries

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American and Indian industries have identified 25 new technologies for transfer to the latter under the defense trade and technology initiative (DTTI) to be made in India.

This follows an earlier attempt to offer India 17 technologies under the DTTI which did not find favor with Indian defense industries with one observing commenting that the technologies on offer were “kids stuff “.

But now the US defense industries have a new approach.

According to Defense World Net , American industries are reportedly pressuring the Pentagon, Department of State and the White House, besides the US Congress to step up to the plate and push through the various clearances. Those permits will allow the industry to expand into the market that still holds promise of spending $ 150 billion in this decade or so.

But clearly, the American side understands that with Narendra Modi taking up the mantra of ‘Make in India’ there can no longer be easy sales to India, via the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route or commercial bids.

So the US industries are seeking to put the American and Indian bureaucracy to put skates on and move as fast as possible. One may recall that when US Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter had signed on to the DTTI, his officials had sought to palm off technologies for low-end mini drones and the like.

The information on the new tranche of 25 newer technologies is not readily available. The US Embassy here, when queried, gave a boiler plate response which basically gave an impression of an ongoing dialogue.

Israeli sources told I-HLS that the initiative may affect the potential Market in India that was so far open to the Israeli companies.

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