India-US defence agreement focus on engaging capability
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) India and US on Wednesday signed a defence framework agreement which focuses on enhancing India's defence capability, sources said.
According to defence ministry sources, the agreement figures on taking "appropriate measures to enhance India's defence capability".
Among other things, India and US will work together on designing an air craft carrier as per the agreement, sources said.
This 10-year defence framework agreement was renewed during the visit of US President Barack Obama in January. The first framework agreement, which expires this year, was signed in the US in 2005 by the then defence minister Pranab Mukherjee and his then US counterpart Donald Rumsfeld.