India-U.S. Defense
Acceleration Ecosystem
(INDUS-X)
In June 2023, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Indian Ministry of Defense (MoD) launched the India-U.S. Defense Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS-X), guided by a bilateral collaboration agenda. INDUS-X advances the commitment by the U.S. and Indian national security advisors to build a defense innovation bridge between the two countries under the initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET). INDUS-X serves as an innovation bridge, fostering partnerships among defense companies of all sizes from the U.S. and India, alongside incubators, accelerators, investors, and universities, backed by the support of both the U.S. and Indian governments.
Since June 2023, U.S. and Indian government officials, defense companies, investors, accelerators, and universities have collaborated through INDUS-X to accelerate defense technology innovation in the United States and India. Primary achievements under INDUS-X to date include the Joint Impact Challenges, in which the U.S. DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit and Indian MoD’s Innovations for Defense Excellence (iDEX) designed, launched, and selected winners from companies who competed to identify commercial technology solutions that address critical warfighter challenges.
Felicitation of the winners of 1st edition of the INDUS-X IMPACT Challenge
First edition of INDUS-X Joint Impact challenges was launched with the following Problem Statements
For details of these challenges, click here.
Coming Soon: INDUS-X Space Domain Challenge to be launched by DIU for US and Indian companies
Upcoming INDUS-X events will be posted here as they are announced.
INDUS-X Outcome Report (September 2024)
U.S.-India Roadmap for Defense Industrial Cooperation (June 2023)
INDUS-X Fact Sheet (Feb. 2024)
INDUS-X Fact Sheet (June 2023)
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