/ Pillar II — Hardware

Forged for the fight.

Named systems, specified honestly. Defensive interceptors, ISR platforms, kinetic effectors, electronic warfare, and unmanned maritime — qualified across Nigeria's six geopolitical zones first, then extended to ECOWAS, MNJTF, and the wider continent. Integrated end-to-end with the Obsidyan software fabric.

H-D01 · Defensive

Aegis

Counter-UAS Hard-Kill Interceptor
/ TheatreT1Abuja FCTT1NNPC critical infraT1Lake Chad FOBsT2MNJTF
AEGIS

Hard-kill against commercial quadcopters and one-way attack drones threatening the Federal Capital, NNPC and Dangote upstream facilities, the presidential fleet, Eagle Square / Aso Villa overwatch, and 7 Div forward bases around Lake Chad. Radar + EO/IR cued, layered behind Bastion EW for soft-kill first.

Engagement range
0.2 – 6 km
Engagement ceiling
1,800 m
Reaction time
< 4 s
Magazine
12 effectors
Cueing
Radar · EO/IR · RF
Environment
+55 °C · IP65 · Harmattan-rated
/ Doctrinal Note

Pairs with Sentinel mesh for early track. Magazine sized for fixed-site protection of Nigerian critical national infrastructure and for pickup-mounted deployment with NA Brigades.

H-D02 · Defensive

Sentinel

Ground Sensor Mesh Node
/ TheatreT1NE / Lake ChadT1NW ForestsT1NG–Niger borderT2MNJTF AOR
SENTINEL

Seismic, acoustic, and RF fusion node for the ungoverned spaces Nigerian forces actually patrol: Sambisa, the Lake Chad islands, Falgore and Kamuku forests, the Mandara mountains, and the Nigeria–Niger and Nigeria–Cameroon frontiers. Air-droppable from NAF rotary, solar-rechargeable, mesh-routed.

Detection radius
300 m seismic · 1.2 km RF
Endurance
60 days passive · solar trickle
Comms
LoRa · LTE · SatCom optional
Mass
1.4 kg
IP rating
IP67 · dust-storm sealed
Mesh range
5 km node-to-node
/ Doctrinal Note

Default sensing layer for NA FOBs, convoy routes on the Maiduguri–Damaturu axis, and remote NSCDC pipeline overwatch. A single airdrop blankets ~80 km of border.

H-D03 · Defensive

Citadel

Hardened Command Node
/ TheatreT1NA DivisionsT1DSS TacticalT2ECOWAS
CITADEL

Replaces the laptop-and-tent C2 reality of Nigerian forward HQs with a deployable, certifiable command surface. Sized for NA brigade and battalion footprints, DSS tactical deployments, and joint task forces. Transportable enclosure running Citadel OS, post-quantum link, tamper-evident.

Form factor
Single 463L pallet / 4×4 bed
Compute
12 kW edge cluster
Crypto
Post-quantum, FIPS 140-3 target
Uplinks
NigComSat · SatCom · LTE · HF · mesh
Power
8 kW hybrid + solar
Setup time
< 20 min, 2 operators
/ Doctrinal Note

Single-pallet — or single Hilux bed — command capability. Runs on hybrid solar so it does not draw down the FOB generator.

H-D04 · Defensive

Bastion

Protective EW Shield
/ TheatreT1Niger DeltaT1BornoT1Presidential motorcadeT2MNJTF
BASTION

Soft-kill against the drones actually flown against Nigerian assets: commercial quadcopters over NNPC and IOC facilities in the Delta, ISWAP FPV use in Borno and Yobe, surveillance drones over presidential and VVIP movements. GNSS-spoofing-resistant for environments where adversaries already deploy basic jamming.

Coverage
2.5 km radius
Bands
GNSS · 2.4 / 5.8 GHz · 900 MHz
Effector power
400 W programmable
Form factor
Pickup-mounted or fixed mast
Sectoring
8 independent beams
Power
AC + onboard battery · solar option
/ Doctrinal Note

First layer of the counter-UAS stack — defeat without expending an interceptor whenever possible. Pickup-mounted variant for NA convoy overwatch.

H-D05 · Defensive

Tideline

Maritime USV — Coastal & Riverine
/ TheatreT1Gulf of GuineaT1Niger Delta creeksT1Bonny / Escravos
TIDELINE

Unmanned surface vessel for NN, NIMASA, and Deep Blue Project taskings: anti-piracy patrol along the Gulf of Guinea approaches, anti-bunkering sweeps in the Niger Delta creeks, IUU fishing enforcement, and persistent overwatch on the Bonny and Escravos terminal approaches. Two hull variants — bluewater and shallow creek.

Endurance
36 h coastal · 14 h creek
Speed
32 kn sprint / 8 kn loiter
Payload
EO/IR · radar · AIS · acoustic
Comms
SatCom + LTE + mesh
Crew interface
NN / NIMASA / Deep Blue C2
Environment
Sea state 4 · creek-draft variant
/ Doctrinal Note

Cues NN and Deep Blue assets for VBSS rather than engaging unilaterally. Operates day-long unmanned loops where crewed patrol is uneconomic.

H-O01 · Offensive

Reaver-LM

Loitering Munition
/ TheatreT1SambisaT1Lake Chad islandsT1NW Forests
REAVER-LM

Time-sensitive strike on ISWAP and JAS movements in Sambisa and the Lake Chad island chain, and on bandit camps in Zamfara, Katsina, and Sokoto forests. Range bands matched to NA brigade footprints and NAF rotary lily-pads. Operator-in-the-loop until terminal commit.

Endurance
90 min class
Cruise speed
120 km/h
Terminal dash
240 km/h
Warhead
1.4 kg, AT / fragmentation
Range from launcher
60 km
Datalink
Encrypted mesh, jam-resilient
/ Doctrinal Note

Replaces dependence on foreign-controlled strike assets that arrive with phone-home telemetry and use-restriction clauses. Launched in salvos of 1–8 from a mobile NA cell.

H-O02 · Offensive

Talon

Strike UAS (MALE class)
/ TheatreT1NAF Sahel ISR-strikeT2MNJTFT3Continental export
TALON

Direct sovereign replacement for the foreign MALE platforms — Bayraktar TB2, Wing Loong II, CH-3/CH-4 — currently flown by the Nigerian Air Force. Persistent ISR with onboard precision effects, sovereign datalink end-to-end. No phone-home, no foreign ground station gating Nigerian fires.

Endurance
24 h
Ceiling
25,000 ft
Payload
240 kg, 4 stations
Sensors
EO/IR turret · SAR · SIGINT
Datalink
SatCom + LOS, PQC, sovereign GCS
Effectors
Air-to-surface, modular
/ Doctrinal Note

Closes the ISR-strike loop entirely inside the NAF chain of command: trigger authority stays with the Air Officer Commanding, not with a foreign vendor.

H-O03 · Offensive

Cinder

Offensive EW Effector
/ TheatreT1Lake Chad VHFT1Bandit comms NWT1Gulf of Guinea pirate VHF
CINDER

Disrupts the spectrum Nigerian adversaries actually use: ISWAP and JAS VHF nets around Lake Chad, bandit Motorola and CB traffic across the North-West forests, and pirate VHF in the Gulf of Guinea. Air-launchable from NAF rotary or pickup-mounted with NA EW elements.

Output power
1.2 kW programmable
Bands
VHF · UHF · L · S · C
Effective radius
8 km
Mission profiles
12 preset, scriptable
Form factor
Vehicle, fixed, or air-launched
Spectrum library
Field-updateable, regional
/ Doctrinal Note

Used to shape the electromagnetic battlespace — open the corridor before kinetic effects arrive. Field-updateable spectrum library reflects in-country adversary catalogues.

H-O04 · Offensive

Obsidian-Edge

Kinetic Stand-off Effector
/ TheatreT1Hardened insurgent campsT1Niger Delta mothershipsT1NDLEA logistics nodes
OBSIDIAN-EDGE

Layered-fires effector against hardened ISWAP/JAS compounds in the Lake Chad basin, pirate motherships in the Gulf of Guinea, and bunkering / narcotic logistics nodes worked by NDLEA, EFCC and NN intelligence. Ground or air launch.

Range class
30 km
Guidance
INS + GNSS + EO terminal
Warhead
8 kg, multi-mode
CEP
< 3 m
Launch
Ground rail · airborne pylon
Datalink
PQC, mid-course update
/ Doctrinal Note

The terminal element of the offensive stack — used only when ISR and EW have already prepared the engagement, under joint DHQ authorization.

H-X01 · Dual-use

Link

Tactical Mesh Radio
/ TheatreT1Tri-service NGT2ECOWAST2MNJTF
LINK

Wearable / vehicle / fixed radio carrying the same encrypted mesh across the tri-service Nigerian force — NA, NN, NAF — and interoperating with legacy radios already in inventory: Harris, Codan HF, Motorola, and Chinese-export sets fielded by MNJTF partners.

Bands
HF · UHF · L · 2.4 / 5 GHz
Throughput
12 Mbps mesh
Range
8 km LOS, mesh-extending
Crypto
Post-quantum identity
Mass
0.4 kg wearable
Environment
+55 °C · IP67 · humidity-rated
/ Doctrinal Note

Underlying transport for every other Obsidyan system. Sovereign cryptography, no foreign backhaul.

H-X02 · Dual-use

Aether-Drone

ISR Quadcopter
/ TheatreT1NA BrigadesT1Kaduna–Abuja corridorT1Pipeline overwatch
AETHER-DRONE

Compact ISR for Nigerian tactical units — NA brigade overwatch in the North-East and North-West, IED-corridor surveillance on the Maiduguri–Damaturu and Damaturu–Potiskum axes, kidnapping-corridor patrol on the Kaduna–Abuja and Birnin Gwari routes, and NSCDC pipeline overwatch in the Delta. Pairs with Aether fusion, employable defensively or as offensive cueing.

Endurance
55 min
Range
12 km
Payload
EO/IR · multispectral · RF DF
Speed
70 km/h
Mass
2.1 kg
Stow
Backpack-class
/ Doctrinal Note

Sensor-first design — kinetic options exist but are not the default. One airframe, two doctrinal roles.

/ Sovereign Partners — Nigeria First

Offensive systems are fielded first with the Nigerian Armed Forces under DHQ and ONSA authority. Export to ECOWAS, MNJTF, and other African sovereign forces occurs only under government-to-government authorization. Specifications shown reflect baseline configurations; mission profiles, datalink integration, and export class are subject to bilateral agreement.