The Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru has bagged a US military contract for research and development on solar powered micro-grid. The federal contract has been awarded by the US Pacific Air Forces, Yokota Air Base in Japan to develop solar powered micro-grid with battery and super capacitor energy storage system.<br/><br/>This is one of the rare instances that an Indian scientific institute known for its high-end cutting edge research has been awarded a federal contract by the US military.<br/><br/>The announcement of the contract comes on the eve of the meeting between Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter at Pentagon today.<br/><br/>Mr Parrikar is on his maiden visit to the US to discuss ways to deepen the long term strategic partnership between the two countries.