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                <div class="image-caption">In this file photo, U.S. Green Berets from the U.S. Army’s 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) and India’s National Security Guard train with a Carl Gustav Recoilless Rifle during a counterterrorism exercise in Chennai, India, Feb. 28, 2023.</div>
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    <div><b>By David Vergun</b> <span class="date">/ Published June 21, 2023</span></div>
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    <p>WASHINGTON -- This is a transformational moment in the U.S.-India defense partnership, a senior Defense Department official said at the Pentagon today.<br />
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"To have the world's largest democracies with some of the most innovative workers and companies working more closely together on strategic technologies and how we can leverage them for security is a natural next step in this relationship," the official said during a briefing.<br />
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The United States and India are increasingly doing things in their defense partnership that people wouldn't have said was possible 20 years ago, the official said.<br />
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For instance, 20 years ago, there were no U.S. defense sales to India at all, the official said. "Now, we're talking about co-producing and co-developing major systems together."<br />
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Also, India is joining the U.S. in annual air and maritime exercises in the region, the official said.<br />
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"We now have working groups on everything ranging from cyberspace and critical technologies to maritime security, and India is leading in those forums together with the U.S. and like-minded partners," the official said.<br />
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Critical technologies include artificial intelligence, advanced sensor development, unmanned systems, quantum physics and undersea domain awareness, the official said.<br />
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India will be a critical strategic partner with the United States in the coming decades. India's growing commitment to playing a more engaged international role, including in the Indo-Pacific Quad, demonstrates a new and growing willingness to join the United States to protect and advance a shared vision of a free, open and rules-based global order, the official said.<br />
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<u><em>Spotlight: Focus on Indo-Pacific</em></u><br />
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The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, commonly called the Quad, is a strategic security dialogue among Australia, India, Japan and the United States.<br />
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Tomorrow, the new INDUS X initiative takes place, bringing together U.S. and Indian stakeholders, research and academic institutions, industry, small startups and investors.<br />
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That initiative will focus on accelerating and scaling up commercial technologies that have military applications, providing agreed-upon standards for certification and testing, and making it easier for startups to move their technology into the defense spaces and obtain the capital to do so, the official said.<br />
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According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which is hosting the event, INDUS X will be held in Washington just prior to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's White House visit.<br />
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"INDUS X has the potential to be a catalyst for India to achieve its target of $5 billion in defense exports by 2025 and for India to diversify its defense supply chain. The conference will feature a defense exhibition where firms will showcase technologies and platforms that can benefit both countries' border security, maritime domain awareness, space situational awareness and more, contributing to a more stable and secure Indo-Pacific region," according to a statement on the Chamber's website.</p>
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