Published: 31 October 2025US Department of DefenseInternational
India and US Sign 10-Year Framework for Major Defence Partnership
India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and US counterpart Pete Hegseth signed the 10-year Framework for the US-India Major Defence Partnership on October 31, 2025, on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM Plus) in Kuala Lumpur. The agreement is the most ambitious renewal of a framework first signed in 2005 and last renewed in 2015.
The framework envisions joint development and production in intelligence, surveillance, undersea domain awareness, air combat, munitions, and mobility. It supports developing India as a regional hub for logistics, maintenance, repair and overhaul, and promotes reviewing export control restrictions. Key exercises like Yudh Abhyas, Malabar, and Tiger Triumph will be enhanced under the framework.
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Q: Discuss the strategic significance of the 10-year India-US Major Defence Partnership framework signed in October 2025 for Indo-Pacific security architecture.
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Rajnath Singh and Pete Hegseth signed the 10-year India-US Major Defence Partnership on October 31, 2025 at the ADMM Plus meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Building on 2005 and 2015 iterations, it covers joint production, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, undersea domain awareness, and strengthens Yudh Abhyas, Malabar, and Tiger Triumph exercises.
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India and the US signed the 10-year Framework for Major Defence Partnership on the sidelines of which meeting?
Explanation · Correct answer BThe framework was signed on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM Plus) in Kuala Lumpur on October 31, 2025.
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Who signed the 10-year US-India defence partnership framework, and where?
India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and US counterpart Pete Hegseth signed the 10-year Framework for the US-India Major Defence Partnership on October 31, 2025, on the sidelines of ADMM Plus in Kuala Lumpur.
How does the 2025 defence framework relate to the earlier US-India framework?
The agreement is the most ambitious renewal of a framework first signed in 2005 and last renewed in 2015.
Which defence areas does the framework envision for joint development and production?
The framework envisions joint development and production in intelligence, surveillance, undersea domain awareness, air combat, munitions, and mobility.
What logistics support and exercises are included under the defence framework?
It supports developing India as a regional hub for logistics, maintenance, repair and overhaul, and promotes reviewing export control restrictions. Key exercises like Yudh Abhyas, Malabar, and Tiger Triumph will be enhanced under the framework.
