The objective of this article is to analyze the spin-off in the Brazilian military industry. Two important points can be observed in the existing literature: first, the verification that the spin-off has not occurred in the Brazilian case, and second, the limited number of case studies on this...

This paper analyzes the history of international insertion of Brazil's defense industry and the role the foreign market has played for this industry. It is shown that for a country like Brazil, where the demands for military equipment is relatively low, exports play an essential role to maintain...

In this work, it is pointed out that the demand scenario of military means have been suffering from the influence of electronics, such as in the case of basic technology. In this context, there are four ways to make contemporary war: robotics, automation, systemic and cybernetics. It is shown...