INDUS X

India-U.S. Defense Acceleration Ecosystem(INDUS-X)

India-U.S. Defense Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS-X)

About INDUS –X

In June 2023, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Indian Ministry of Defense (MoD) launched the India-U.S. Defense Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS-X), guided by a bilateral collaboration agenda. INDUS-X advances the commitment by the

Advisory Bodies

Senior Advisory Group:

Purpose: The co-chairs of the Senior Advisory Group meet regularly to discuss policies, lines of effort, and challenges under INDUS-X to continue strengthening partnerships between the U.S. and Indian defence ecosystems

Senior Leaders Forum:

Purpose: The Senior Leaders Forum (SLF) comprises venture capital, private equity, commercial, academia, and government leaders, to discuss challenges and produce recommendations for policymakers.

INDUS X Joint IMPACT Challenges

Felicitation of the winners of 1st edition of the INDUS-X IMPACT Challenge

INDUS X Joint IMPACT Challenges

Since June 2023, U.S. and Indian government officials, defense companies, investors, accelerators, and universities have collaborated through INDUS-X to accelerate defense technology innovation in the United States and India. Primary achievements under INDUS-X to date include the Joint Impact Challenges, in which the U.S. DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit and Indian MoD’s Innovations for Defense Excellence (iDEX) designed, launched, and selected winners from companies who competed to identify commercial technology solutions that address critical warfighter challenges.

DIU Launches INDUS-X Challenge To Detect and Track Satellites in Contested Environments

First edition of INDUS-X Joint Impact challenges was launched with the following Problem Statements Undersea Communications (INDIAN NAVY) Oil Spill Detection/Maritime ISR (Indian Coast Guard) For details of these challenges, click here INDUS-X Space Domain Challenge to be launched by DIU for US and Indian companies

Events

Upcoming INDUS-X events will be posted here as they are announced.

Key Resources

S.No. Title Attachment Publish Date File Language
1 INDUS-X Outcome Report Download File icon (15.29 MB) September 2024 English
2 U.S.-India Roadmap for Defense Industrial Cooperation Download File icon (0 MB) June 2023 English
3 INDUS-X Fact Sheet Download File icon (1.50 MB) February 2024 English
4 INDUS-X Fact Sheet Download File icon (0.23 MB) June 2023 English

Press Release/Statements

DIU Launches INDUS-X Challenge To Detect and Track Satellites in Contested Environments

First edition of INDUS-X Joint Impact challenges was launched with the following Problem Statements:

  • Undersea Communications (INDIAN NAVY)
  • Oil Spill Detection/Maritime ISR (Indian Coast Guard)

For details of these challenges, click here

INDUS-X Space Domain Challenge to be launched by DIU for US and Indian companies