Historic opportunity to deepen ties and solidify India-US relationship, says Pentagon Commander SECTIONS Last Updated: Mar 10, 2021, 04:46 PM IST Share Synopsis The US and Indian navies are now securely sharing information, and India has substantially increased its acquisition of US defence equipment, Admiral Philips Davidson, Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee here during a Congressional hearing. USS Fort Worth docked at Chennai Port as a part of Excercise Malabar in 2015 Related A top American commander on Tuesday told lawmakers that the current state of US-India relations presents a historic opportunity to deepen bilateral defence ties and solidify what he described as the ‘defining partnership of the 21st century'.