Mumbai/New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- Defence and security formed a major chunk of the talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UK PM Keir Starmer in Mumbai today, including taking forward discussions on cooperation in the design and development of Electric Propulsion Systems for Indian naval ships.
India is keen to develop the electric propulsion system to power its domestic warships, the adoption of which would mark a significant milestone in India's maritime capabilities.
In November last year, the two sides had inked a Statement of Intent (SoI) on Cooperation on Design & Development of Electric Propulsion Systems for the Indian Navy, between the Ministries of Defence of India and UK in Portsmouth. The SoI was to take forward cooperation i...