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India-Japan defence co-development agreement: joint tech push under new roadmap
India and Japan concluded their first bilateral defence co-development and co-production agreement under a new defence technology roadmap. Relevant for UPSC and state PSC aspirants in GS Paper 2 under India and its neighbourhood-bilateral relations.
- India and Japan concluded their first-ever bilateral defence co-development and co-production agreement under a new defence technology and industrial cooperation roadmap.
- Reported focus areas include autonomous underwater vehicles, directed-energy systems, and AI-enabled electronic warfare, described as reported rather than officially confirmed.
- The India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership was elevated to that status in 2014, enabling deeper security cooperation.