(VOVworld)- US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar have officially signed a new 10-year defense cooperation framework agreement on Wednesday. The India-US Defense Framework Agreement opened a period of defense cooperation between the two sides in terms of technology and equipment production, besides annual joint military drills and intelligence sharing. During a talk on Wednesday, the two leaders reviewed the achievements on the deployment of 4 projects under the India-US Defense Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI), so-called the DTTI pathfinder projects, determined by US President Barack Obama during his India visit in January this year. DTTI pathfinder projects includes transferring know-how and co-producing the next-generation Raven unmanned aerial vehicles, "roll-on, roll-off" intelligence-gathering and reconnaissance modules for C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, mobile electric hybrid power sources and "uniform integrated protection ensemble increment-2 which are chemical, biological warfare protection gear for soldiers.