WASHINGTON: A senior Pentagon official said that he had "high expectations" for a joint US-Indian effort to deepen defence ties, but it could take a while to reach agreement on specific weapons to develop or produce together. "Indian Prime Minister Modi is very aware of the initiative. His staff is clearly motivated at every level to make it a success and move forward," Frank Kendall, the Pentagon's chief weapons buyer, told Reuters after a meeting with Modi and US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel. "I don't think people should expect instantaneous major announcements. It's going take a little while to work out exactly what we're going to do and how we're going to do it, " the Oct 1 report said. Kendall is the top US official working on the joint defence trade and technology initiative with India that has identified 17 specific defence projects.
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