NIGERIAN NAVY ADOPTS AI TO IMPROVE OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS – CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF (CNS)

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The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla, says the Nigerian Navy has decided to take advantage of the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies to enhance its operational activities.

Ogalla made this known during the presentation of a paper by navy participants of National Defence College (NDC) Course 31, entitled “Artificial Intelligence and Ship Maintenance: Strategic Options for the Nigerian Navy by 2035”.

He revealed that the use of AI, was considered very important because it is significantly and positively changing the maritime industry, adding that the Nigerian navy was embracing it to improve the availability of ships towards enhancing operational effectiveness.

He said that ships were increasingly becoming sophisticated with advancement in technology and incorporation of AI and other emerging technologies in their construction, adding that the Nigerian navy must be up to date in the adoption and integration of these technologies in order to maintain a competitive edge during operations.

Ogalla stressed that the paper was timely as it would awaken and energize the navy’s consciousness towards AI and other emerging technologies and their implication for operational effectiveness. He went further to commend the participants for their efforts at drafting a roadmap for transforming the navy’s maintenance system into an AI-compliant system.

Similarly, he did not fail to laud their novel suggestion of the use of the In-Transit-Hull cleaning that, he believes, would save the navy a lot of foreign exchange from docking ships for hull cleaning.

In his remarks, the Commandant of NDC, Rear Adm. Olumuyiwa Olotu, said the presentation by the participants was an annual event under the college’s higher management of defence package.

Olotu said the choice of the 2023 topic was deliberate considering that AI was an emerging technology that could enhance the capabilities and efficiency of navy in various aspects such as ships systems, weapons, networks and command and control, which makes the participants’ research work very germane.

He therefore guaranteed that the strategies suggested by the participants would enhance the navy’s capabilities and operations, in line with Nigeria’s security objectives, while promising that the college would continue to support the navy in its efforts to ensure a safe and secure maritime environment.

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