U.S. Sees More Technology Trade with India
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10 AERO INDIA 2011 Air Force Station Yelahanka, Bengaluru In cooperation with U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke says the recent relaxing of export restrictions for India’s defense and space industry will boost military trade. Nine Indian companies were recently removed from the Commerce Department’s so-called “Entity List,” including a number of labs within the Indian Space Research Organisation and Defense Research and Development Organisation. “These are the first steps in changing export control policies,” Locke says. Bengaluru was Locke’s second stop after New Delhi on his high-technology business development trade mission to India, where he is joined by a U.S. delegation of representatives of 24 companies related to civil nuclear energy, civil aviation, defense/homeland security, and information and communications technology. Locke also visited Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) facilities. The company has partnered with leading U.S. aerospace manufac...