Under a transformative collaboration with the US, India will get its first-ever national security semiconductor fabrication plant.
- The fab plant will produce chips for use in military hardware in both the countries as well as in critical telecommunication networks and electronics.
- The ambitious India-U.S. joint project was announced following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Joe Biden in Wilmington on September 21, 2024.
- This is a different Fab in the sense that this has been established with the objective of manufacturing infrared, gallium nitride and silicon carbide semiconductors.
- The project will be enabled by support from the India Semiconductor Mission and will be part of a strategic technology partnership among Bharat Semi, 3rdiTech, and the U.S. Space Force.
- The Fab, to be known as ‘Shakti’, will focus on three essential pillars for modern war fighting — advanced sensing, advanced communications and high voltage power electronics.
- It will not only become India’s first, but one of the world’s first multi-material fab for national security.
- It is the first time ever the US military has agreed to do a partnership for these highly-value technologies with India and it is a watershed moment as it is as significant as the civil nuclear deal.
