Sharma, Ashok

From the publisher: The U.S. defense industry has been the leading manufacturer and exporter of the major weapons systems of the world. In the post-Cold War era, most of the global defense industries, including the U.S. defense industry, are looking towards India as an outsourcing hub for the technological development as well as markets. The current international security and threat perceptions, the defense industry trends and challenges, the convergence of geo-economic and geo-strategic interests between India and the U.S. have strengthened the defense industry collaborations between them. The confidence and the trust that have been built in recent years between the U.S. and India in the overall bilateral relationship have facilitated the strategic/security partnership in which the defense industry ties would be a key component of the ongoing “U.S.–India strategic partnership.”