Navy uses Israeli surveillance system to tackle piracy, oil theft
By Philip Nwosu
The Nigerian Navy (NN) has inaugurated a sophisticated Israeli-designed mass surveillance system to monitor the country’s territorial waters and track movements of vessels within the Gulf of Guinea.
The Falcon Eye, is a sophisticated mass surveillance technique designed in Israel but manufactured by the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Falcon Technologies.
The Falcon Eye mass surveillance system Daily Sun learnt, uses a number of electro-optic systems and cameras operated from a command centre to detect and pinpoint movement of vessels at the high sea and human movements within prescribed security environments.
Speaking at the inauguration of the mass surveillance system, The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Raphael Osondu said the system would enable real time decision making regarding targets in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and will help to control and direct naval patrol vessels to the target position.
He said the newly acquired technology is very vital to the development of the Nigerian economy, especially, as the economy of the country is dependent on maritime.
He said: “This new technology has better features and most importantly, it covers our maritime environment up to the EZZ, and have also provided for the blind arcs which we experience in some parts of our territorial water with the Regional Maritime Awareness Capability (RMAC) system. The Falcon Eye will aid the Nigerian Navy with a better and more accurate system to monitor and conduct activities in Nigerian Maritime Domain and her EEZ”
While explaining that the centre will further establish the credibility of Nigeria as a regional training hub for Maritime Domain Awareness systems, Admiral Osondu said this becomes necessary as the United States’ African Command (AFRICOM is making efforts to co-fund a regional maritime training centre in Lagos.
The Falcon Eye tactical training centre it was gathered have trained 16 officers and 55 ratings to man the system deployed at the centre.
Daily Sun learnt that the system will enable the navy to monitor all movements and prevent the commission of maritime crimes such as piracy, oil theft, vandalism offshore oil infrastructure and illegal aircraft movements within the Gulf of Guinea.
[SunNews]
The Nigerian Navy (NN) has inaugurated a sophisticated Israeli-designed mass surveillance system to monitor the country’s territorial waters and track movements of vessels within the Gulf of Guinea.
The Falcon Eye, is a sophisticated mass surveillance technique designed in Israel but manufactured by the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Falcon Technologies.
The Falcon Eye mass surveillance system Daily Sun learnt, uses a number of electro-optic systems and cameras operated from a command centre to detect and pinpoint movement of vessels at the high sea and human movements within prescribed security environments.
Speaking at the inauguration of the mass surveillance system, The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Raphael Osondu said the system would enable real time decision making regarding targets in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and will help to control and direct naval patrol vessels to the target position.
He said the newly acquired technology is very vital to the development of the Nigerian economy, especially, as the economy of the country is dependent on maritime.
He said: “This new technology has better features and most importantly, it covers our maritime environment up to the EZZ, and have also provided for the blind arcs which we experience in some parts of our territorial water with the Regional Maritime Awareness Capability (RMAC) system. The Falcon Eye will aid the Nigerian Navy with a better and more accurate system to monitor and conduct activities in Nigerian Maritime Domain and her EEZ”
While explaining that the centre will further establish the credibility of Nigeria as a regional training hub for Maritime Domain Awareness systems, Admiral Osondu said this becomes necessary as the United States’ African Command (AFRICOM is making efforts to co-fund a regional maritime training centre in Lagos.
The Falcon Eye tactical training centre it was gathered have trained 16 officers and 55 ratings to man the system deployed at the centre.
Daily Sun learnt that the system will enable the navy to monitor all movements and prevent the commission of maritime crimes such as piracy, oil theft, vandalism offshore oil infrastructure and illegal aircraft movements within the Gulf of Guinea.
[SunNews]
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