


The bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden in Washington DC on June 22 had unprecedented announcements on technology sharing. The other technologies are dual-use, which aid critical applications of modern-day militaries during peace and conflict.

Aero-engines and armed drones are military-use equipment. After the United States offered India cutting-edge, elusive and restricted technologies on making aero-engines for fighter jets, armed drones, semiconductors, space-based radars, quantum computing and 6G communications, New Delhi has made a strategic shift - away from being Russia-centric or France-centric - to access such technologies.
