On 16th November 2017, the Defense Committee met at the Lockheed Martin India office. The members were briefed by Mr. Phil Shaw, Chairman – Defense Committee, AMCHAM and Chief Executive, Lockheed Martin India, on the meeting with Mr. Sanjay Mitra, Defence Secretary, Ministry of Defence and Mr. Apurva Chandra, Additional Secretary Defence Production, Ministry of Defence.

The Committee discussed strategic partnerships, offsets and how to increase the ease of doing business in detail. The Committee welcomed Mr. Robert Garverick, Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs Science and Technology, U.S. Embassy and discussed its participation in the DefExpo which is being organized by MoD in February 2018 in Goa.