By Anastasia Agunwa
Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has said it is deepening bilateral military ties with the Pakistani Air Force.
This, NAF said, are part of strategic and innovative measures to tackle the many challenges of inecurity across Nigeria.
This was disclosed on Wednesday by Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, while comparing notes with his counterpart from the Pakistani Air Force at the sideline of the ongoing 11th International Defence Exhibition and Seminar, IDEAS, 2022 in Karachi, Pakistan.
A statement issued by NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, informed that the IDEAS 2022 would provide an opportunity for the CAS and other top military leaders worldwide to view a wide variety of defence systems, ranging from equipment used in developing nations to the most sophisticated technology from developed countries.
The statement added that the IDEAS 2022, would further provide an ideal interactive platform for the NAF and other defence forces to access the most suitable products and technologies available to cater for their respective peculiar defence and security needs.
The International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS), is a biennial defence industry show and one of Central Asia’s best platforms for international defence systems promotion. It brings together international defence and security equipment manufacturers to explore opportunities for cooperation through joint ventures, outsourcing and collaboration.
Bearing in mind the game-changing role that modern technology has brought to bear in NAF’s current counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations, the various products and innovations on display at IDEAS 2022 provide the CAS with the best options suitable to continually face, head-long, the security challenges in Nigeria,” part of the statement read.
The exhibition will also showcase technologies of the future and innovations in defence, as well as several other weapon systems and equipment on display, Gabkwet added.
