US Acting Assistant Secretary of Defence for Space Policy Vipin Narang and India's Joint Secretary for International Cooperation, Vishwesh Negi, met for the second annual US-India Advanced Domains Defense Dialogue (AD3) at Pentagon in Washington, DC on Thursday. During the dialogue, Narang and Negi discussed opportunities to strengthen space cooperation and identified potential areas for collaboration with US industry, according to the statement released by the US Department of Defence Spokesperson Cmdr Jessica Anderson provided the following statement: In a press release, Anderson stated, "The dialogue executes a commitment by the U.S.
Secretary of Defense and Indian Minister of Defense during the 2022 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue to deepen collaboration on evolving and emerging defense domains, including space." "During this year's Dialogue, Dr Narang and Mr. Negi discussed opportunities to strengthen space cooperation and identified potential areas for collaboration with U.
S. industry," he added. Vipin Narang and Vishwesh Negi agreed to advance AD3 through regular working group discussions.
The visiting Indian government delegation also engaged with the US Space Command, the Joint Commercial Operations Cell, and artificial intelligence experts from across the US Department of Defense. In a press release, Jessica Anderson stated, "Among a group of US and Indian defense officials, Dr. Narang and Mr.
Negi co-chaired the first US-India principal-level tabletop discussion that expl.