Later this month, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will travel to India to discuss a bilateral defense relationship that has undergone much change in recent years. Since 2002, U.S.-Indian military exercises have expanded rapidly, resulting in unprecedented military cooperation and an increased ability to carry out joint operations. Moreover, India recently decided to purchase six C-130J military transport aircraft from the United States, an indication that Delhi may be looking to supply its forces with equipment that is more interoperable with the American military. How can Washington and Delhi capitalize on this rapidly expanding defense relationship? Will the United States and India ever develop a serious defense-industrial partnership? Can U.S.-Indian defense relations continue to flourish, even if a 2005 agreement to allow civilian nuclear cooperation falls through? These and other issues pertaining to the new U.S.-Indian defense relationship will be discussed by Lisa Curtis, senior research fellow at the Asia Center of the Heritage Foundation; Timothy D. Hoyt, professor of strategy and policy at the U.S. Naval War College; and Ashley J. Tellis, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. AEI research fellow Christopher Griffin will moderate.