India and UK sign defence research agreement.

The article reports on the research agreement signed by India and Great Britain for the development of technologies for defence and security. The Letter of Arrangement was signed by Professor Sir Mark Welland, chief scientific adviser of the British Ministry of Defence (MOD), and Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat, director general of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The agreement enables the cooperation between Indian and British engineers in developing defence technologies.