₦airaland Forum

Antiochus:
We are progressing.
We'll get there. Thanks Kabe1.

We are really progressing. The government needs to do more to patronize Nigerian made products.

We have purchased over 400 MRAPs in the last 12 months and all came in from China.

That's not good enough.

We could have shared it 50/50 or 70/30 in favour of the Chinese.

There are many good quality products Nigerian defence companies are producing. We need to patronize them more.

Nigerian made military vehicles and Kit

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The Nigerian Army has taken delivery of another batch of 125 units of CS/VP3 MRAP’s from Chinese defence giant Poly Group.

This morning the Senegalese Air Force took delivery of its 2nd CASA 295 transport aircraft. The aircraft was received by Minister of Defence, Maître Sidiki KABA

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Chief of the Naval Staff Visit to Dearsan Shipyard, Turkey on Tuesday 22 March 2023
#OnwardTogether

The center is built by Nigeria's largest construction company.

President Muhammadu Buhari Commissions the New Office of the National Security Adviser and National Counter Terrorism Centre in Abuja on 21st Mar 2023

Ivorian Navy Ship

Nigerian Police Convoy

Nigerian Air Force A-29 Super Tucanos flying over the skies of Lagos on election day.

Nigerian Navy Special Forces, Exercise Flintlock 23

Angola is the first African customer to order the TUSAS Aksungur UAV.

Ömer Yıldız, Deputy General Manager of TUSAŞ UAV Systems confirmed this in an interview granted to CNN TURK.

Nigerian Air Force JF-17 multi-role fighter aircraft

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Nigerian Navy Special Forces conduct assault missions

African Special Forces from Morocco, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria

African Special Forces emerge from the depths of the sea

African Special Forces from Morocco, Ghana, Cape Verde and Nigeria conduct beach assault exercise

Nigerian Navy SBS Exercise Flintlock 23

Nigerian Special Forces assault enemy position during Flintlock Exercise

Nigerian Navy SBS VBSS exercise


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=934nsVMkrOc

Malian Air Force Bayraktar TB2 drones commissioned into service today.

Official handover of military equipment including 4x L-39 and 3x TB2 drones to the Malian Air Force.

Mali has so far received 13 L-39 FTA since last year.

Nigeria Sipri Arms Transfer - 2022


Austria
R: Nigeria 4 DA62 light aircraft 2022

Brazil
R: Nigeria 12 EMB-314 Super Tucano trainer/combat aircraft 2018 2021 12 $345 m deal; A-29B version; ordered via USA and modified in USA before delivery

Canada
R: Nigeria (12) aircraft engine aircraft engine 2018 2021 (12) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT-6A-68C (1250hp) turboprop; for 12 EMB-314 (A-29B) trainer/combat aircraft from Brazil

China
R: Nigeria (12) VT-4 tank (2019) 2020-2022 (12)
2 CH-3 armed UAV (2020)
(4) CH-4B armed UAV (2020)
(100) CSK-131 APC/APV (2020) 2021 (100)
(100) CS/VP3 APC (2020) 2021 (100)
60 Type-89/ZSD-89-2 IFV (2021) 2021 60
(4) AR-500 UAV (2022) 2022 (4) AR-500B version
(1) PC 46m patrol craft (2022) 2022 1 Probably second-hand; aid; designation uncertain (reported as '46 meters patrol boat)

France
R: Nigeria (40) Mistral portable SAM (2021) For 2 OPV-76 OPV from Turkey
2 FPB-110 patrol craft 2019 2020-2021 (2) FPB-110 Mk-2 version

Italy
R: Nigeria 2 Super Rapid 76mm naval gun 2021 For 2 OPV-76 OPV from Turkey
(6) A-109K light helicopter (2018) 2019-2020 4 Armed AW-109M version
1 AW139 helicopter (2019) 2021 1
(24) M-346FA FGA aircraft (2021) M-346FT and M-346FA versions

Netherlands
R: Nigeria 2 FCS-4008 patrol craft 2019 2021 2 From Vietnamese production line
1 LST-100 landing ship 2019 2022 1 Nigerian designation Kada; from UAE production line

Pakistan
R: Nigeria 3 JF-17 Thunder/FC-1 FGA aircraft (2016) 2021 3 $184 m deal

Russia
R: Nigeria (300) 9M114 anti-tank missile (2015) 2017-2020 (200) For Mi-35M combat helicopters
(12) Mi-35M combat helicopter 2015 2017-2020 7
(3) RD-33 turbofan (2016) 2021 (3) RD-93 version for 3 JF-17 combat aircraft from Pakistan

Turkiye
R: Nigeria (3) ASELPOD aircraft EO system (2016) 2021 (3) For JF-17 combat aircraft from Pakistan
2 OPV-76 OPV 2021 Delivery planned by 2024
(6) Bayraktar TB-2 armed UAV 2022
(6) T-129B ATAK combat helicopter 2022

United States
R: Nigeria (48) F-124 turbofan (2021) For 24 M-346 trainer/combat aircraft from Italy
vehicle engine vehicle engine

(2018) 2021 (25) Cummins ISLe-375 (400hp) diesel engine for Ara-2 APC produced in Nigeria

(400) WGU-59 APKWS anti-tank missile/ASM 2019 2021

(400) APKWS-2 version; for Super Tucano trainer/combat aircraft

2 King Air light transport aircraft 2022 King Air-360I version

GreenOris:
Kabe1
Any news about the NAF Alpha jets ?
It has been long i saw pictures of them or hear of them participating in any operations.

There's a general lack of information, seems for operational reasons since this CAS came on board.

However the Alpha Jets are still in action, as we have seen, the Nigerian military has degraded Boko Haram and ISWAP so the intensity of action is not like a couple years ago.

The good news is the Nigerian government has paid for the engines of the M346F/A from America, so a replacement for the Alpha Jets is coming sooner than later.

I will post SIPRI's arms transfer report in the coming hours, there's nothing in it we don't already know, but still.