Directorate of Navigation Positioning and Timing

Director Navigation Positioning and Timing
Chronicle of Directors
About the Directorate
The Directorate of Navigation Positioning and
Timing (DNPT) is one of the 9 established Directorates of the DSA working to achieve the vision of the Administration. The DNPT is responsible for providing satellite navigation and positioning information to military ships, aircraft and terrestrial vehicles. The Directorate is to provide the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) with navigation and positioning information through the use of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and digital maps. The DNPT is also responsible for the provision of navigation data for target precision and guidance systems in the production of Precision Guided Munitions (PGM). The Directorate is also to pursue the integration of guidance techniques in weapons systems through research and development in conjunction with Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON), Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) and other institutions in the AFN.
Roles
a. Provision of satellite navigation and position information to military ships, airerafts and terrestrial vehicles.
b. Provision of navigation data for target precision and guidance.
C. Support troops on Search and Rescue
(SAR) operations.
d. Provision of vehicular or mobile tracking devices for fleet management and tracking of military assets.
e. Provision of augmentation and error correction solutions for Global Positioning System (GPS) and other GNSS.
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The Directorate is also to install and maintain navigation beacons and other terrestrial satellite navigation infrastructure for military hardware.






