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DRDO and defence research laboratories of US Department of Defence having ongoing research programmes in the areas of life science, material science, naval science, power and energy, cognitive science and human performance enhancement, war fighter protection, etc the Parliament was informed by defence minister AK Antony.

But US has refused to provide any dual use technology to DRDO as its prohibited by US laws.

Antony also said that India (DRDO) has R&D cooperation including joint development of weapon systems and platforms with Russia, Israel, Germany, France, USA, Belarus, Brazil and Singapore.






DRDO, US defence labs collaborating for research projects
Published: Monday, Mar 14, 2011, 22:14 IST


Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and American defence labs are working together on several research projects in fields such as life sciences, naval and cognitive sciences, the Parliament was informed on Tuesday.

"Defence research labs of US department of Defence and DRDO are having ongoing research programmes in the areas of life sciences, material sciences, naval sciences, power and energy, cognitive science and human performance enhancement and war fighter protection," defence minister AK Antony said in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.

On whether US has refused to provide dual use technologies needed by DRDO, Antony said, "As per existing US laws, all dual use items exported out of the country require an export licence from US department of commerce depending on item's classification."

He further informed that major foreign partners of DRDO include Russia, Israel, Germany, France, USA, Belarus, Brazil and Singapore.

"DRDO is having research and development cooperation including joint development of weapons systems and platforms (with these countries)," Antony said.

Meanwhile, replying to another query on whether the government is exporting products manufactured by DRDO, Antony said that efforts are on to identify the products and to explore the possibilities of exports of the products designed and developed by DRDO.

"However, the first objective is to fulfill the requirements of our armed forces," he said.

Antony further added that achieving self-reliance in defence production is a joint responsibility that has to be met through national efforts by all government agencies and public and private industries.

DRDO, US defence labs collaborating for research projects - India - DNA
 
Though never made public India and US's defence labs are quietly working on many areas of cutting edge defence technologies. Also didn't know that India has defence R&D cooperation with Germany and Singapore.
 
Though never made public India and US's defence labs are quietly working on many areas of cutting edge defence technologies. Also didn't know that India has defence R&D cooperation with Germany and Singapore.

India has defense co-operation with Germany from a long time.
 
"DRDO is having research and development cooperation including joint development of weapons systems and platforms (with these countries)," Antony said.


Can some one name some of these J.V. weapon systems and platforms?
 
Thanks but none of them states anything more than dialogues. We don't know what kind of R&D cooperation we have with these two countries.
Yeah i tried searching but couldn't find enough. DRDO website is also useless.
 

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