Third edition of INDUS-X Summit underway in California

California: The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), in collaboration with Stanford University’s Gordian Knot Centre for National Security Innovation and the Hoover Institution, announced the third edition of the India-US Defence Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS-X) Summit, a statement by the USISPF said.

The event is being held across two days, September 9-10, at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, bringing together leading defence policymakers from Washington and New Delhi with a central focus on strengthening defence and advanced technology innovative partnerships, the statement added.

In a post on X, the USISPF quoted Condoleezza Rice, Director of the Hoover Institution, as saying, “’The US-India relationship is not just bipartisan, it is enduring. Whoever occupied the @WhiteHouse in January 2025, will realize, this is the most important relationship” -Condoleezza Rice, Director Hoover Institute and former US Secretary of State at #INDUSXSummit2024”

The third summit is entitled ”Harnessing Investment Opportunities to Enhance Cross-Border Defence Innovation Ecosystems” and will focus on the critical role of private capital in advancing the defence innovation sector, the statement said.

The INDUS X initiative is spearheaded by Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) from the Indian Ministry of Defence, and the Defence Innovation Unit (DIU), and the Office of the Secretary of Defence (OSD) from the US Department of Defence.

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