defense manufacturing

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed agreements on artificial intelligence, batteries, critical minerals, defense manufacturing, energy resilience, and financial cooperation during a meeting in New Delhi. The agreements highlight the India-Japan convergence reshaping the Indo-Pacific's power balance.

The United States is leveraging South Korea's advanced shipbuilding industry to modernize its aging naval fleet, addressing domestic industry challenges like construction delays and supply chain issues. This collaboration expands the bilateral alliance into defense manufacturing, technology, and industrial production.

Rajnath Singh stated that Gujarat has the industrial capability, workforce, and innovation ecosystem to become a defense manufacturing and technology hub, anchoring the drive for self-reliance in defense.

The article discusses how Roboze is transforming additive manufacturing from a prototyping tool into production infrastructure for defense and critical industries. It highlights the future of defense manufacturing as distributed, autonomous, and software-defined.