The DIU, NSIN, OSD-P, IDEX Challenge teams.
About 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.
Related: View the INDUS-X Gurukul Educational Series (Videos).
Advisory Bodies
Purpose: The co-chairs of the Senior Advisory Group meet regularly to discuss policies, lines of effort, and challenges under INDUS-X to continue strengthening partnerships between the U.S. and Indian defense ecosystems.
Co-Chairs:
DOD DASD SSEA: Ms. Lori Abele is the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia. In this role, she serves as the principal advisor to senior leadership within the Department of Defense for all policy matters pertaining to development and implementation of defense strategies and plans for the region. Her area of responsibility includes bilateral security relations with India and all other South Asian countries, excepting Afghanistan, and with the nations of Southeast Asia.
DOD DIU Director: Mr. Doug Beck. As DIU Director, Doug oversees efforts to accelerate the Department's adoption of commercial technology throughout the military and serves as a senior advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense on technology innovation, competition, and strategic impact.
MOD CEO iDEX: Shri Vivek Virmani. Vivek Virmani is the Defence Excellence (iDEX) Chief Operating Officer of the Indian Ministry of Defense.
Purpose: The Senior Leaders Forum (SLF) comprises venture capital, private equity, commercial, academia, and government leaders, to discuss challenges and produce recommendations for policymakers.
Joint IMPACT Challenges
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.
Skip Masseli receiving a challenge award on behalf of Pixxel Space.
Events
Upcoming INDUS-X events will be posted here as they are announced.
Get Involved
See the following resources from the Office of Strategic Capital (OSC).
INDUSWERX Testing Consortium
The INDUSWERX is a voluntary consortium of testing facilities across the United States and India who are exploring pathways to help companies access their premier facilities, creating new opportunities for collaborative research and testing in critical technology domains.
University Workshops
See here for a listing of Pennsylvania State University INDUS-X Space Robotics workshops.
Indus-X In the News
USIP: INDUS-X at One: A Year of Bilateral Breakthroughs
USIP: What’s the Deal with INDUS-X? | United States Institute of Peace (usip.org)
Defense Mirror: Ten U.S. & Indian Companies Collaborate on Undersea Communications and Maritime ISR Technologies at INDUS-X Summit
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: One Year of the INDUS-X: Defense Innovation Between India and the U.S.
Additional Resources and Education
Key Documents
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)
Gurukul Educational Series
The Gurukul Educational Series is inspired from the ancient Indian Tradition of propagating education through learning via experience and discussions led by enlightened teachers and curious students.