‘India To Tie Up With Israel, US For E-warfare Systems’

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Our Political Bureau
Posted online: Thursday, September 02, 2004 at 0243 hours IST
Updated: Thursday, September 02, 2004 at 0358 hours IST

New Delhi, Sept 1: India will be collaborating with Israel and the US to develop nano-materials and hi-tech components needed for electronic warfare systems.

The outgoing chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), VK Aatre said that India had decided to launch joint programmes with Israel in the field of electronic warfare, where both countries were on an equal footing.

“Israel is very strong in sensors and packaging. We would like to work on fibre-optic gyros and micro-electromechanical systems,” Dr Aatre told mediapersons shortly before retiring as DRDO chief on Tuesday.

Responding to questions on co-operation with the US in defence research, he said the two sides had done some work on life sciences and would launch joint programmes on developing nano-technology and nano-materials. India and the US currently have a joint technical group to oversee collaboration in defence research.

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