The Army's Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) has launched a new initiative called “Project Beehive”.
Objective: To achieve greater automation of the corps and connect all its workshops onto an integrated smart network endowed with real-time data analytics capabilities.
Under WASP (Workshop Honeybees), army workshops have already been automated.
As part of Project Beehive, these WASPs or workshops would then sit on a centralised 'beehive'.
Real time data (repair, refurbishing and overhaul) of the army’s equipment would be made available centrally.
The Beehive was launched on September 1 and is expected to be completed by October 15, 2020.
About EME
EME is an arms and service branch of the Indian Army.
It is responsible for design, development, trial, inspection and refit of weapon systems and equipment.
It was formed in 1943 during British rule and rechristened to its present name in 2001.