Goodluck Awards N6b Internet Monitoring Contract

The Presidency was yesterday silent over a report that Nigeria awarded a $40million (N6.2 billion) internet monitoring contract to an Israeli security firm, Elbit Systems Ltd.

Elbit Systems Ltd announced in its website yesterday that “it was awarded an approximately $40 million contract to supply a country in Africa with the Wise Intelligence Technology (WiT[TM]) System for Intelligence Analysis and Cyber Defense.”

When our correspondent called the Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr Doyin Okupe to seek his reaction to the report, he said he would get back to him after he studies the report. But Okupe didn’t get back and didn’t pick repeated calls put through his mobile phone later.

The system the will be supplied within two years, is a “highly advanced end-to-end solution, WiT™ supports every stage of the intelligence process, including the collection of the data from multiple sources, databases and sensors, processing of the information, supporting intelligence personnel in the analysis and evaluation of the information and disseminating the intelligence to the intended recipient.”

WiT[TM] will be integrated with various data sources, including Elbit Systems’ Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) solution and Elbit Systems’ PC Surveillance Systems (PSS), an advance solution for covert intelligence gathering.

Yehuda (Udi) Vered, General Manager of Elbit Systems Land and C4I, noted: “We are proud to be selected to supply this unique system, which is already field-proven, fully operational and customizable.

Elbit Systems is a world leader in the fields of Intelligence Analysis and Cyber Defense, with proven solutions highly suitable for countries, armies and critical infrastructure sites. We hope that additional customers will follow in selecting our highly advanced and cutting edge systems in these fields as their preferred solution.”

Elbit Systems Ltd. is an international defense electronics company engaged in a wide range of programs throughout the world. Information on the company’s website says Elbit operates in the areas of aerospace, land and naval systems, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, unmanned aircraft systems, advanced electro-optics, electro-optic space systems, EW suites, airborne warning systems, ELINT systems, data links and military communications systems and radios.