Defence Agreements with the United States

India has the following three Defence Agreements with USA:>> (a) Agreement concerning Security Measures for the Protection of Classified Military Information, signed in January, 2002 (GSOMIA).> (b) Master Information Exchange Agreement (MIEA) to facilitate exchange of Research and Development, Information signed in February 2004.> (c) Agreement on Research Development Testing and Evaluation Projects (RDT&E), signed in January, 2006.>> The Government has not made any study to assess the strategic benefits of India as well as USA out of these agreements.>> This information was given by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri Tapan Kumar Sen and Shri Prasanta Chatterjee in Rajya Sabha today.>>> Other Indian Defense Briefs>> --Status of LLQRM System Developed by DRDO>> Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with M/s Rafael, Israel to procure Spyder Low Level Quick Reaction Missile System (LLQRM) for the Indian Air Force.>> The proposal for Trishul system was foreclosed due to its inability to meet certain critical operational requirements. However, it served as a technology demonstrator and the expertise acquired with the technologies developed during design and development phase of Trishul Missile System are being utilized for developing state-of-the-art Short Range Surface to Air Missile System.>> This information was given by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri Tarini Kanta Roy in Rajya Sabha today.>>> -- Introduction of Submarines in Indian Navy>> Six Scorpene Class submarines are presently under construction at M/s Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai with transfer of technology from M/s Armaris, France under Project 75. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has accorded approval from acceptance of necessity angle in November, 2007 for the indigenous construction of six more submarines to be built under Project -75 (India).