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Project Cheeta

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  Indian Armed Forces revive “ Project Cheetah ” The Indian Armed Forces have decided to revive “Project Cheetah” amidst tensions with China. The project was pending for a long time and the tri-services have now decided to revive the project under Rs 3,500 crores. Ajay Kumar Committee The proposal of reviving “Project Cheetah” has been sent to a newly formed high-level defence ministry committee under Ajay Kumar. Ajay Kumar is the defence secretary. He is in charge of all capital procurements of Indian Army, Navy and Air Force. About the Project Under the project, around 90 Heron drones of the services are to be upgraded with laser-guided bombs, air launched anti-tank guided missiles and air to ground anti-tank guided missiles. The project was pending over a long period of time. The Indian fleet of drones mainly includes Israeli equipment including Herons. They were deployed in both Indian Air Force and Army. They are currently deployed in Ladakh and China borders. The project is being
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SRIJAN portal

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  SRIJAN: Online Portal launched to promote Indigenisation of Defence Production On August 14, 2020, the Defence Minister Raj Nath Singh launched “SRIJAN”, an online portal to promote indigenization of Defence production. Highlights The portal is to display those items that are currently being imported by Indian Defence Industry. This will help domestic industries of the country to learn and focus more on these specific items. The GoI is also providing high incentives and flagship programmes to boost the design, development and manufacturing of these items. Hence, the portal will ultimately help the Indian Defence Industries benefit extensively by manufacturing these items. This will in turn reduce India’s Defence imports and will boost indigenization of Defence production. About SRIJAN The Defence Public Sector Units and the Ordnance Factory Board shall display items that are being imported on the portal. Other Highlights The Defence Ministry also signed two Memorandum of Understandin
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