Overview
- On Monday Sergio Gor formally launched the 12‑month TRUST Fellowship to place US postdoctoral researchers and early‑career faculty in Indian labs with stipends, housing, visa support and partner hosts at IISc Bengaluru, IIT Madras and MAHE.
- Gor used the Bengaluru Space Expo to describe a shift from cooperation to co‑creation in space, saying NASA has invited ISRO to join a US‑led Moon base programme and stressing joint design, funding and interoperability work for human spaceflight.
- Lockheed Martin and the Javelin Joint Venture have signed an MoU with Tata Advanced Systems to make Tata the prime partner for in‑country co‑production of the Javelin All Up Round, formalising a new defence‑industrial tie.
- The US announced an expanded Commercial Service in Bengaluru and Gor held talks with Amazon executives to increase export counselling, market links and investment channels for American and Indian firms.
- The package of moves builds on prior projects such as NISAR and India’s Artemis Accords membership and could bring tangible outcomes for researchers, startups and factory workers through joint grants, market entry and local manufacturing.