The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Idi Abbas, has explored cutting-edge technologies to strengthen the Nigerian Navy fleet.

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The CNS attended the ninth version of the Doha Worldwide Maritime Defence Exhibition and Convention (DIMDEX 2026), held in Qatar, as half of efforts to additional improve the Nigerian Navy’s platform holdings and operational capabilities.

This was contained in a press release signed by Commodore A. Adams-Aliu, Director of Data.

DIMDEX 2026, hosted by the Qatar Armed Forces underneath the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar, is the most important maritime defence and safety exhibition within the Center East.

The occasion brings collectively world maritime stakeholders to showcase rising technologies and improvements in naval warfare and maritime safety.

In the course of the four-day exhibition, Vice Admiral Abbas engaged extensively with main resolution suppliers within the maritime defence trade, specializing in fashionable naval platforms, precision-guided munitions, naval gunfire help techniques, and alternatives for know-how switch.

These engagements are aimed toward enhancing the Nigerian Navy’s indigenous shipbuilding capability and aligning its fleet growth with cutting-edge world requirements.

The CNS recalled that the Nigerian Navy has made notable progress in native shipbuilding, having efficiently constructed and commissioned 5 seagoing platforms: MV Sauka Lafia (2010), NNS Andoni (2012), NNS Karaduwa (2016), MV Tug Commander Ugwu (2016), and NNS Oji (2021).

He famous that sustained technology-transfer partnerships would additional place the Nigerian Navy as a number one warship producer on the African continent.

DIMDEX 2026 additionally offered a possibility for the Nigerian Navy to assess gear choices appropriate for maritime safety operations inside Nigerian waters and throughout the Gulf of Guinea.

As well as, discussions had been held on gear necessities for the not too long ago established Nigerian Navy Marines, who’re anticipated to be deployed in varied ongoing joint operations nationwide.

These engagements align with the imaginative and prescient of growing “a contemporary, agile {and professional} naval power devoted to securing Nigeria’s maritime pursuits and advancing nationwide safety targets in synergy with different safety companies.”

A number of visiting warships from accomplice nations had been additionally berthed at Hamad Port through the exhibition, providing dignitaries and contributors sensible insights into up to date naval capabilities and interoperability.

The Nigerian Navy stated its participation in DIMDEX 2026 has opened new avenues for strategic partnerships, fleet modernisation, and enhanced maritime safety capability in keeping with rising world tendencies.