BENGALURU, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Seven Indian privately-held startups have been chosen for a first-of-its-kind India-U.S. space and defence collaboration programme, potentially unlocking a lucrative and strategic market for Indian firms, an investor who co-launched the project told Reuters on Friday.
The companies include space imaging company KaleidEO, rocket makers EtherealX and AI-driven company Shyam VNL. They will participate in a programme for defence and dual-use technology and explore opportunities to work with the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit, the Department of Defense and other government agencies on satellite observation and emerging space and defence technologies.
Indian investor Indusbridge Ventures and U.S.-based FedTech, which established the programme in September 2024, selected seven Indian companies and talks are underway about specific projects.
Not to discredit their achievements, but the DoD won’t give them anything of value related to defense in a million years because India’s primary military source and partner is Russia.
They have a mutual interest in keeping China in check, but they don’t seem to want to invest in trying to flip India when they already have Pakistan.
Not to mention US arms are fricken expensive. India already had issues paying for the Rafales from France, they couldn’t afford to buy overinflated US gear even with their rather large economy. Even collaboration is annoyingly hard if you aren’t in NATO.
Broke Pakistan only got it by hiding OBL and making the US go on a goose chase handing out free money to search for one guy, which is why they haven’t bought anything new from the US after 2011.
Pakistan has recently started moving away from the US again. The benefits Pakistan was expecting have not materialized.
They are constructing a giant naval base for China. https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/pakistan-promised-china-new-military-base
