The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, told newsmen in Nnewi, Anambra state yesterday that the Nigerian Air Force, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company, IVM, Nnewi, Anambra state to research and produce spare parts for its fighter jets.
He said that Innoson has been keeping the jet fleet of the the Air Force running for some months now.
Air Marshal Abubakar, who was represented by the Chief of Policy and Planning, Air Vice-Marshal James Gbum, said the MoU will improve local content and engineering and save the country a lot of money by using locally made parts instead of importing expensive parts from foreign countries.
