India-Israel Defence Cooperation

During the 15th India-Israel Working Group Meeting on October 29, 2021 in Tel Aviv, India and Israel decided to set up a new Task Force to boost the Defence Cooperation. They also decided to form a sub-working group.

  • India-Israel bilateral relation is driven by their respective national interests of military modernization of India and commercialization of arms industries of Israel.
  • Defence cooperation between both the countries has expanded to include sectors like counter-terrorism, space and cyber security & intelligence sharing. In 2017, India was the largest arms customer of Israel, with the sale of about $715 million.