The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla has stressed the need for the service to leverage Artificial Intelligence and other emerging technologies to enhance the maintenance of NN platforms and other operational activities.
The CNS stated this while speaking at the National Defence College on Thursday in Abuja.
A statement by the service spokesperson, Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan said the CNS further stated that the use of AI is significantly transforming the maritime industry, noting that the Navy is embracing it to improve the availability of ships towards enhancing operational effectiveness.
The statement partly read, “The CNS noted that ships were increasingly becoming sophisticated with advancements in technology and the incorporation of AI and other emerging technologies in their construction. Thus, the NN must continue to adopt and integrate this technology to maintain a competitive edge during operations.
“He, therefore asserts that the paper is timely as it would invigorate the NN consciousness towards AI and other emerging technologies and their implication for operational effectiveness. Particularly, he commended the participants’ efforts at drafting a roadmap for transforming the Navy’s maintenance system into an AI-compliant system, as well as their novel suggestion of the use of the In-Transit-Hull cleaning which would save the Navy a lot of foreign exchange from docking ships for hull cleaning. “
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