At the end of the dialogue, Jaishankar described the talks as "substantive." "Our agenda covered advancing our strategic partnership, including elevating our defence ties, moving forward in space and tech, future logistics cooperation and people to people contacts," he said on X. The joint statement referred to a 'roadmap for defence industrial cooperation' as a catalyst for deepening the defence ties between the two sides. It said that the ministers appreciated the commencement of negotiations for a commercial agreement between General Electric (GE) Aerospace and the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to manufacture GE F-414 jet engines in India. The statement said that both sides recommitted to spurring investment in India's growing maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) sector, which encompasses aircraft maintenance and mid-voyage repair of US naval vessels.