US and India Sign Space Situational Awareness Arrangement

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin delivers remarks at the fourth U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue at the State Department in Washington on April 11, 2022. Michael McCoy/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

The United States and India on Monday signed a bilateral space situational awareness arrangement, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced.

The two countries signed the agreement during a U.S.–India 2+2 ministerial that was held by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Austin on Monday with their Indian counterparts, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.