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India-UK sign pact to step up defence research collaboration- 17-Sep-2011
New Delhi: India and UK signed an agreement to increase collaboration in the field of Defence research and development.
The agreement was signed in London by DRDO chief V K Saraswat and British Chief Scientific Adviser Mark Welland.
"DRDO entered into a letter of arrangement today to pursue defence R&D with UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) and facilitate making best use of respective research and technology development capability through joint projects, collaborative research and industry and academia participation," an official release said here.
The signing of LOA marks an important milestone in the technical collaboration between the two countries and a number of projects are being planned to commence in coming months.
Speaking on the occasion, Welland said, "Indian and British scientists will be working together on technologies to face their country's defence and security challenges after the agreement."
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