India, Israel to jointly develop dual use tech for defence – Times of India
NEW DELHI: India and Israel on Tuesday signed a pact aimed …….
NEW DELHI: India and Israel on Tuesday signed a pact aimed at spurring innovation and speeding up the development of dual use technologies by small and medium sized firms in both countries.
India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Israel’s Directorate of Defence Research and Development (DDR&D), have entered into the agreement to promote innovation and accelerated research and development in start-ups and MSMEs of both countries for the advancement of dual use technologies, a statement said.
The signatories of the pact were G Satheesh Reddy, Secretary, Department of Defence, R&D and Chairman DRDO and Daniel Gold, Head of DDR&D, a statement from the Indian defence ministry said.
The agreement – known as the Bilateral Innovation Agreement – will “promote innovation and accelerated R&D in startups and MSMEs of both countries for the development of dual use technologies.”
Under the agreement, start-ups and industry of both countries will work together to bring out next generation technologies and products in the areas such as drones, robotics, artificial intelligence, quantum technology, photonics, biosensing, brain-machine interface, energy storage, wearable devices, natural language processing and others, it said in the statement.
The signing of the pact comes after two high level visits to Israel from India recently. India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar had travelled to Israel as had India’s defence secretary Ajay Kumar.
The development efforts will be jointly funded by DRDO and DDR&D, Israel. The technologies developed under BIA will be available to both countries for their domestic applications.
The two sides had reviewed the progress made in military engagements including exercises and industry cooperation.
(With inputs from agencies)
