- DRDO and IIT Bhubaneswar will collaborate for AI-driven surveillance and other projects.
- During a meeting between DRDO and IIT Bhubaneswar officials, nine sanctioned projects of the Electronics and Communication Systems (ECS) cluster were handed over to IIT Bhubaneswar.
- Seven other projects are in process to be sanctioned with Rs 18 crore funding.
- IIT Bhubaneswar will work on the sanctioned project.
- This would benefit in electronics warfare, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven surveillance, power systems, radar systems etc.
- The collaboration is expected to improve the sustainability of defence research programmes.
