Brazil is a country with a maritime vocation, whose development is intrinsically associated with the sea. The Brazilian coast and jurisdictional waters' extension constitute a challenge on themselves to the national defense. The presence of fundamental potentialities for the country, such as...

National Defense requires adequately trained, prepared and equipped armed forces to perform in guaranteeing national interests and protect sovereignty. Regarding the issue of equipping - which is the main focus of the three forces' (Navy, Army, and Air Force) strategic programs - it is not...

Amid the current context of reorganization of the Brazilian defense industry, an important question to be tackled is foreign ownership in this sector. That is, the risk that products, systems and technologies before developed internally are reversed for overseas acquisition, leading to reduced...

Amid the current context of reorganization of the Brazilian defense industry, an important question to be tackled is foreign ownership in this sector. That is, the risk that products, systems and technologies before developed internally are reversed for overseas acquisition, leading to reduced...