Indian Defence Industry Woo Nigerian Military

            

The 15 man Composite Delegation of the Indian Defence Industry has visited the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, to establish a defence relationship between the two countries through presentations that gives insight into the capabilities of the Indian Defence Industry and its benefits to the Nigerian military. The visit was a follow-up to the Joint Defence Co-operation Committee meeting (JDCC) held last year. Defence industry is considered to be an instrument of national sovereignty and pride which comprises of all industrial undertakings engaged in the production of hardware and services for use by the defence forces. The origin of Indian Defence Industry, which was traced to the establishment of shell and gun factory, has thirty nine (39) Ordinance factories and eight (08) defence public sector undertakings today. She is expanding her defence relations to spark substantial charges in her strategic relationships and ultimately its trade in the global Defence Industry

Speaking at the visit, the leader of the delegation Ravin Kulshrestha thanked the Nigerian Military authority for its warm reception and noted that the two countries need to take a step to a higher level of defence production through various institutional mechanism of defence co-operation in the various areas of mutual interest. In their presentations, the delegates, who are representatives of different indigenous member industries of the Indian Defence Industry, presented thousands of defence products that showcased the country’s Indigenization of industry and acquiring advanced technologies, the vision, convergence, speed, upgrades, innovations, and modernizations of country’s defence indigenous products and technical development. This included state of the art , matured and obsolescent Defence systems, design, development, repair, overhaul and manufacture of air crafts, helicopters, ships, missiles, vehicle armours, special applications, engines, simulators, defence constructions, sensors, bridging systems etc . In his remarks, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh expressed appreciation for the presentation and encouraged them to interact more closely with the three arms of the Armed Forces in their area of interest.