Air Force set to resume local spares production

Abuja - The Nigerian Air Force has intensified research and
development efforts to produce locally-made spares and other
related equipment.
This part of plans to address the challenges associated with
spares procurement from third party countries.
It is in line with the Research and Development Seminar held in
Kaduna recently as well as the Chief of Air Staff (CAS) vision
to ‘reposition the Nigerian Air Force into a highly professional
and disciplined force through capacity building initiatives for
effective, efficient and timely employment of air power in
response to Nigeria’s national security imperatives.’
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, who
expressed optimism while receiving the interim report from a
committee establish to drive the NAF’s objectives to
manufacture equipment locally, stated that the NAF was at the
verge of breaking even at producing locally made spares for
maintenance of its aircraft.
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Speaking at the Air Force Headquarters in Abuja, he said the
research outcomes of the committees will save the country
enormous resources in hard currency and the time lag
experienced in purchasing spare and military hardware from
other countries.
Abubakar urged the committees to intensify their efforts and
pledged to provide the much needed support and enabling
environment for them to succeed.
Earlier, while presenting the interim report, the leader of the
team, Air Vice Marshal Kayode Beckley, stated that various
experiments were currently on-going at different NAF units
with the overall aim of using local content to address the issue
of maintenance and procurement of spares.
The Air Force is playing an integral part in the fight against the
rampaging Boko Haram insurgents.
- CAJ News