NEW DELHI, April 1 -- India and the US will on Tuesday kick off Exercise Tiger Triumph, a bilateral tri-service humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) exercise, off the country's east coast, with the drills aimed at fostering interoperability between the two militaries for conducting such operations, the Indian Navy said on Monday.

The exercise will also enable the two sides to formulate standard operating procedures for establishing a combined coordination centre that will facilitate rapid and smooth coordination between the Indian and US joint task forces during exercises and contingencies, it said.

The drills will end on April 13.

The fourth edition of the Tiger Triumph comes at a time when the Indian military is involve...