Festus Keyamo, the minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, and Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, his Defence counterpart, led a Nigerian delegation on a significant three-day visit to Indra in Spain in a bid to strengthen Nigeria’s air surveillance and security.

The mission, titled “Air Surveillance for the Sovereignty, Security, and Safety of the Nigerian Airspace through Dual Use Technology (Civil and Military),” is aimed to enhance Nigeria’s air surveillance capabilities through cutting-edge dual-use technology.

The delegation was received by Jose Vicente de los Mozos, the CEO of Indra along with senior executives including Javier Ruano, VP of ATM, Luis Permuy, VP of International Sales, Emeric Osmont, Director of West Africa, Sergio Sanchez, Director for Institutional Relationships, and General (Rtd) Francisco Almerich, Former Chief of Air Defence Command Centre, Spanish Airforce.

Indra is one of the world’s leading global technology and consulting companies and the technological partner for the core business operations of its customers worldwide.

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Indra is a world leader in providing proprietary solutions in specific segments of the Transport and Defence markets and a leading firm in Digital Transformation Consultancy and Information Technologies in Spain and Latin America through its affiliate Minsait.

The itinerary included tours of Indra’s Headquarters, Simulator Factory, and Academy, where the delegation inspected the latest security and safety equipment, including the Indra Defense facility.

The visit featured a welcome and introductory speech by the CEO of Indra, followed by detailed presentations on the latest Air Traffic Control System (ACC APP TWR) Demo, Dual Project Scope Definition, Voice Communications System Demo, and a demonstration of Radar and Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS).

The Nigerian delegation comprised high-ranking officials including; Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development,  Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, Minister of Defence, Abdulfatai Buhari, Chairman, Senate Committee On Aviation, Abdullahi Idris Garba, Chairman, House Committee On Aviation and Air Marshall Hassan Bala Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.

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