“India and the US look forward to work together and benefit from each other’s experiences,” stated Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in a post on X during his visit at the William B Morgan Large Cavitation Channel (LCC) in the Naval Surface Warfare Centre (NSWC) at Memphis, Tennessee.

The visit has been conducted as a part of his ongoing tour to the US. The LCC is one of the world’s largest and most technically-advanced water tunnel facility for testing submarines, torpedoes, naval surface ships and propellers. The Raksha Mantri was briefed at the facility and he witnessed an actual tunnel experiment.

Rajnath Singh was accompanied by Ambassador of India to US, Director General, Naval Operations from the Indian Navy and DRDO Defence Technology Counsellor, among others. He was received by the US Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy for Policy, and briefed by Commander and Technical Director of the NSWC, informed the Ministry of Defence.

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The discussions also intend to support the ongoing proposal for establishment of similar facility for indigenous design and development in India.

Earlier on August 24, the Defence Minister also tweeted on the interaction with leading U.S. defence companies at the Defence Industry – Roundtable organised by the US India Strategic Partnership Forum. “Invited them to work with Indian partners to accelerate our Make in India program towards achieving Atmanirbharta in defence sector. Together, Indian and US companies will co-develop and co-produce for the world,” stated Singh on X.