First Make in India Partnership for the Company

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced on 28 September that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Indian enterprise 114ai – which made headlines last year as the first Indian company to win a US-UK joint space contract. The agreement makes the first partnership for GA-ASI under the ‘Make in India’ initiative. Artificial intelligence (AI) is an important area of cooperation between the US and India. GA-ASI sees the capabilities demonstrated by the 114ai team as potentially extremely valuable for military operators.

114ai has been able to compete on the global stage, building state-of-the-art technology that is currently being integrated with US Air Force programmes. Through this partnership, GA-ASI intends to marry its three decades of expertise, knowhow and understanding of complex military systems, with the best and brightest of the future.

“We are looking forward to increased cooperation on NextGen AI technologies that we have been working on with the team at 114ai for the last few months. Their technology, track record and tenacity with customers in the US and UK has stood out. We expect many world-leading products coming out of this partnership. General Atomics is committed to Indian Prime Minister Modi’s ‘Make in India’ strategy and we’re looking forward to much more cooperation with Indian companies as we move forward,” commented Dr Vivek Lall, Chief Executive of General Atomics Global Corporation.

GA-ASI intends to continue cooperating with innovative Indian companies in development of cutting-edge technology, building products for the global market.