India and the US have agreed to “sustain and take forward” momentum of their expansive bilateral defence relationship, which is the keystone of their overall strategic partnership. US has bagged contracts worth $15 billion from India since 2007, even overtaking Russia in some years.

• ARMS DEALS
 Posiedon -81
 C-130J Super Hercules
 M- 777 ultra-light howitzers
 Apache attack helicopters
 Chinook heavy – lift helicopters

• JOINT PROJECTS
 Aircraft carrier technology & Jet engines
 Mobile electric hybrid generators
 Futuristic helicopters
 Infantry combat vehicles

• BILATERAL PACTS
 Defence Technology & Trade Initiative(2012)
 Framework for India-US Defence Relations for another 10 years(2015)
 India designated ‘major’ defence partner to facilitate defence technology-sharing(2016)
 Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement between two armed forces(2016)

• COMBAT EXCERCISES
 4/5 full-fledged exercises, apart from other war games are held annually
 Malabar naval exercise
 Vajra Prahar counter terror exercise
 Yudh Abhyas counter terror exercise