Defence Ministry today cleared a 2,400 crore rupees proposal for upgrading the Army's armoured fighting vehicles to make them capable of undertaking night operations. <br/><br/>Official sources said, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has given a go-ahead to the project during its meeting. <br/><br/>The modernisation of the armoured vehicles will enhance their overall performance besides enabling them to fully operate at night. <br/><br/>The DAC, chaired by Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, also approved procurement of carrier command post vehicles for the Army at a total cost of 406 crore rupees. Command post vehicles act as centralised command facilities, equipped with electronic command and control systems to ensure precision firing.<br/><br/>The modernisation of the armoured fighting vehicles will be carried out by the state-run Ordnance Factory at Medak in Telangana. The army has nearly 2,500 such vehicles. The carrier command post vehicles will also be supplied to the Army by the Medak Ordnance Factory.