<p>India’s push for indigenisation across sectors including defence and aerospace has facilitated a productive global partnership, Rear Admiral Michael L Baker, Defence Attache, US Embassy, New Delhi, said on Sunday.</p>.<p>"Make in India is an opportunity. We don’t view this as an obstacle to the partnership. It is the natural evolution of the partnership,” he told <em>DH </em>while responding to a question on how global collaborations in manufacturing align with India’s vision of self-reliance.</p>.<p>The US is already making in India and the partnership is at a point where India is considering the next step which involves a scaled-up transfer of technology.</p>.<p>"That does have some difficulty because you’ll have to find areas where your interests overlap from a geostrategic standpoint, where your interests overlap from a commercial and economic standpoint. You find those pieces that you can work on, you go ahead and work through all the technical details to take that step. I think that it will be incremental,” he said.</p>.<p>The senior defence official is in Bengaluru as part of the US delegation at Aero India 2023 which opens at the Indian Air Force Station at Yelahanka on Monday.</p>.<p>Rear Admiral Baker said the know-how transferred under the scope of the partnership – like with the AH-64 Apache attack helicopters or the C 130 fuselage – is also a form of investment that supplements India’s capabilities for the future.</p>.<p>“Some of the things we are going to offer the government this week is co-production that involves some more advanced manufacturing capabilities that might not exist in India, yet,” he said.</p>
<p>India’s push for indigenisation across sectors including defence and aerospace has facilitated a productive global partnership, Rear Admiral Michael L Baker, Defence Attache, US Embassy, New Delhi, said on Sunday.</p>.<p>"Make in India is an opportunity. We don’t view this as an obstacle to the partnership. It is the natural evolution of the partnership,” he told <em>DH </em>while responding to a question on how global collaborations in manufacturing align with India’s vision of self-reliance.</p>.<p>The US is already making in India and the partnership is at a point where India is considering the next step which involves a scaled-up transfer of technology.</p>.<p>"That does have some difficulty because you’ll have to find areas where your interests overlap from a geostrategic standpoint, where your interests overlap from a commercial and economic standpoint. You find those pieces that you can work on, you go ahead and work through all the technical details to take that step. I think that it will be incremental,” he said.</p>.<p>The senior defence official is in Bengaluru as part of the US delegation at Aero India 2023 which opens at the Indian Air Force Station at Yelahanka on Monday.</p>.<p>Rear Admiral Baker said the know-how transferred under the scope of the partnership – like with the AH-64 Apache attack helicopters or the C 130 fuselage – is also a form of investment that supplements India’s capabilities for the future.</p>.<p>“Some of the things we are going to offer the government this week is co-production that involves some more advanced manufacturing capabilities that might not exist in India, yet,” he said.</p>
