Quad push: ISRO taking space ties with US, Japan & Australia to a higher orbit India Updated: Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 17:08 [IST] Bengaluru, Mar 16: As Quad takes a leap forward, India is deepening space ties with the U.S., Japan and Australia -- the other three member nations of the group. Known as the "Quadrilateral Security Dialogue", the Quad grouping held its first virtual summit last week. The four countries plan to establish a series of working groups that will focus on climate change; critical and emerging technologies, including working to set technology standards and norms and jointly developing some of the critical technologies of the future, officials said.