{"id":34782,"date":"2019-03-18T16:18:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T16:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/18\/us-india-collaborating-on-air-launched-drone\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:58:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:58:26","slug":"us-india-collaborating-on-air-launched-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2019\/03\/18\/us-india-collaborating-on-air-launched-drone\/","title":{"rendered":"US, India collaborating on air-launched drone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. and India are working on development of a small, air-launched unmanned system that could be launched from cargo aircraft, according to Pentagon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/dubai-air-show\/2017\/11\/09\/lord-heads-to-dubai-with-an-eye-on-scouting-foreign-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\">acquisition head Ellen Lord<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The systems are part of a broader technology effort known as the Defense Technology and Trade Initiative, or DTTI, which seeks opportunities for co-production and development of military technologies between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lord highlighted the drone project during a roundtable with reporters on March 15, a day after she hosted a delegation from India to discuss DTTI programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2017\/06\/27\/22-drones-and-a-summit-the-state-of-india-us-defense-ties\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-and-modi.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">22 drones and a summit: The state of India-US defense ties<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">&quot;The fact that the Trump administration made the effort to expeditiously close on the Indian request (for Guardian drones) signals its interest in preserving close relations with India,&quot; said Ashley J. Tellis, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UAV project \u2014 a collaboration between the Air Force Research Laboratory and India\u2019s Defence Research and Development Organization \u2014 is a recent addition to the DTTI slate. The two organizations intend to write a technical planning document next month and then sign that plan during a meeting in New Delhi, which Lord will attend, tentatively planned for late September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lord declined to say if the program draws specifically from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/unmanned\/2018\/05\/14\/darpa-has-a-full-team-to-grab-drones-mid-air\/\" target=_blank>Gremlins program<\/a>, which aims to launch and recover reusable drone swarms using manned airborne aircraft. However, she did indicate the systems could likely launch from aircraft operated by both nations, specifically the C-130J and C-17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That program contains \u201cpotential\u201d for Indian industry to take part in co-development of the system, which would have three targeted uses: humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, \u201ccross-border operations,\u201d and cave and tunnel inspection, Lord said. She added that the program could be \u201can efficient, cost-effective way to provide additional capability to the war fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another DTTI program under development is a lightweight small arms technology project, which could reduce combined weapons and ammunition weight by about 40 percent. (That project involves U.S. industrial firm Textron Systems, which Lord led before joining the Pentagon; she clarified she does not take part in any specific discussions about that project aside from its broad involvement as part of the DTTI portfolio.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is an area where there is co-development, as well as co-production opportunity, and that\u2019s really what we\u2019re interested in \u2014 technologies where the U.S. has brought them to a certain level and there\u2019s an appetite for more investment, and for whatever reason we\u2019re not able to get at that [in] the U.S. right now,\u201d Lord said about that project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other long-gestating DTTI projects, such as India\u2019s desire to procure the EMALS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/interviews\/2015\/12\/10\/jet-engine-technology-a-top-priority-in-india-us-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\">carrier launch technology<\/a>, remain in rough stasis, although Lord expressed hope the September meeting could set hard timetables for moving forward in that area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indian bureaucracy has long entangled both the Pentagon and the American defense industry, and the DTTI program has certainly moved more slowly than was envisioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/2015\/06\/03\/us-india-agree-on-co-development-projects\/\" target=_blank>when it was launched<\/a> by then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Lord expressed optimism that the effort has finally turned a corner, thanks in part to Ajay Kumar, the secretary for defense production in the Indian Ministry of Defence. Kumar, Lord said, has been \u201cvery key\u201d in getting the projects to move beyond just repeated meetings on the same topics \u2014 what Lord said was previously \u201cdeath by PowerPoint.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat is different now is there\u2019s been a lot of discussion and a lot of exchanges, [and] Dr. Kumar and I are saying we need to focus on deliverables with specific dates and really document what the objectives and the potential outcomes of the project are going to be,\u201d she said, again noting that her September visit to India should coincide with putting a number of real deadlines and developmental milestones on the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inclusion of industry trade groups, including two major groups based in India, has also helped get buy-in from Indian commercial enterprises, she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The program aims to develop small UAVs that can be launched 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