Archive · 24 Jul 2025
India, UK Finalize Defence Industrial Roadmap
India and the UK are working together to build and share military equipment.
They've created a plan to help them design, build, and sell defense products together.
This will help both countries and the world.
Leaders from both countries met to discuss this plan, along with other topics like peace in different parts of the world.
They also talked about new technologies and agreed to work faster on a technology and security project.
They also mentioned ongoing defense activities, such as a UK naval group visiting India and a plan to work together on electric engines.
India and the UK finalized a defense industrial roadmap.
The roadmap aims to promote collaboration in defense product co-design, co-development, and co-production.
The leaders expressed satisfaction with the deepening defense and security partnership.
The UK Carrier Strike Group will conduct a port call in Mumbai in October.
Both sides discussed the Indo-Pacific situation, Ukraine conflict, and West Asia.
- Who
- India and the UK
- What
- Finalization of a defense industrial roadmap for co-development and co-production.
- When
- July 24
- Where
- London and India
- Why
- To promote collaboration in defense products and deepen strategic ties.
India's Stance
UK's Stance
Peace and Stability
India's Stance
Supports early restoration of peace and stability.
UK's Stance
N/A
Sovereignty
India's Stance
Respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries is essential.
UK's Stance
N/A
- Roadmap Focus
- Co-design, co-development, co-production of defense products
- Key Participants
- Narendra Modi and Keir Starmer
- Exercise Konkan Shakti
- India-UK tri-service exercise in October 2021
- TSI Focus
- Telecom, critical minerals, AI, biotechnology, semiconductors, advanced materials and quantum
