Matawalle told the president that the vessels would be self-manned to help the country combat insecurity.
The Minister of Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has presented two Hi-Tech unmanned water vessels to President Bola Tinubu.
This is contained in a statement on Friday in Abuja by Henshaw Ogubike, the spokesperson for the Ministery of Defence.
According to Henshaw, the vessels are expected to help in the fight against insecurity on the nation’s waterways in particular and the country in general.
The two unmanned ships were donated by Swift Ship Company, USA to the Nigerian Government.
Matawalle while presenting the two versions of the equipment, the S2 and S3 Swift Sea Stalkers, to Tinubu, said that the hi-tech equipment was the latest technologies that would be deployed in fighting insecurity in the Niger Delta, Lake Chad region and other maritime regions of the country.
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He explained that the feat, was the gain of his recent working visit to some companies in the USA.
Furthermore, he stated that the tour was aimed at promoting innovative technologies that would enhance the Nigerian military’s efficiency in addressing contemporary security challenges.
The minister recently visited the U.S. and inspected NEANY, Swift Ships, and OCR Global, a Hi-Tech Military hardware company in the U.S.
The minister also explained that the idea was to encourage partnerships with US companies in the production of Military hardware locally in Nigeria in collaboration with Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON).
He said that the newfound partnership would allow Nigeria to learn the innovative ways of Military hardware production which was in line with Tinubu’s Agenda in bringing peace and security to the nation.