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of the Project on National Defense Policy
For
the Brazilian Federal Government, science, technology and innovation are
matters of state, which go beyond governments and should be treated as commitments
that are transferred from one government to the next. Because of its own
nature, public policies are developed in various ministries, and to coordinate
them and give unity to these activities, the Government uses the preparation of
plans that facilitate the various action lines, indicating the instruments for
their implementation and showing what the guidelines should be followed.
The Brazilian Ministry of Science
and Technology, in line with the Federal Government Plan for Accelerated
Growth, has made its Action Plain for 2007-2010, which was presented to the
scientific, technological and business community and the Brazilian people. The
plain has the following goals: the consolidation of Brazilian scientific and
technological research infrastructure, by the promotion of individual and
collective projects, including networks formed by universities, research
centers and technological institutes; improvement of the mechanisms and
instruments for promoting the development of C, T & I, by the expansion
of resources to current programs and the
creation of new programs geared to meet the growing demand for research and
development of various areas of knowledge; the expansion of the National
Network of Education and Research (RNP), to link the entities of the National
System of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation; consolidation of MCT
units of research on condition of national laboratories or core coordinators of
thematic networks in strategic areas for the country autonomous development,
stimulating association with these state and municipal units of P, D & I.
Moreover, it also intends to promote
research and development of technologies focused on the priorities of the
National Policy of Defense and public safety, by supporting the infrastructure
of research institutions of science and technology - the ICT's areas, the
training of human resources, and innovation in domestic companies. It will be
also supported partnerships between ICT and public agencies for the
formulation, implementation and evaluation of public policies of security and
crime combat.
The science, technology and
innovation are in the contemporary world scenario, fundamental tools for
development, economic growth, employment and democratization of opportunities .
The work of technicians, scientists, researchers and academics and the
engagement of many companies are determining factors for the consolidation of a
model of sustainable development, capable of meeting the just demands of the
Brazilian social and permanent strengthening of national sovereignty. Again,
this is a matter of state, which goes beyond governments.
The document that this project is
submitted to has priority themes that have direct relationship with the
strategic areas of the action plan in C, T & I, including itself the
National Defense.
In Brazil, there are guidelines to incentive
scientific research in the area of National Defense. Regarding the area of
Science, Technology and Innovation, the site of the Ministry of Defense
announces that the ministry has the mission of enabling solutions and
scientific-technological innovations to meet the needs of the country
pertaining to Defense and national development. Thus, a design of National Defense interest areas was
created, and the detailing of these strategic is bounded by three axes that are
able to create vectors and coordinated, called Technology for National Defense
of Interest:
·
Defense
axis – incorporates military specifications and requirements of National
Defense to be met by weapons systems. It relates primarily to the expressions
of Military Policy and National Power.
·
Science
and Technology axis - Technology
Strategic Areas incorporates necessaries to meet the specifications and
requirements set for the Systems of National Defense. It relates primarily to
the scientific and technological expression of National Power.
·
Industry
axis - incorporates innovative capacities and industrial own characteristics to
meet the specifications and requirements for the Systems of National Defense.
It relates primarily to the Economic and Psychosocial Expressions of National
Power.
Among the technologies of national
interest defined by the Ministry of Defense are: Data Fusion, the Intelligence
Machine & Robotics and Integration System.
Other initiatives were the edicts of
this ministry for the development of research and projects within the program
Pro-Defense (Support Program for Education and Scientific Research and
Technology in National Defense). In this case, it was a partnership between the
Ministry of Defense and
Aiming to reduce the technological
gap in relation to most modern armies and the dependence of the war outside,
aligned with the policy of National Defense and with the policies and
guidelines issued by the Ministry of Defense, the General Guidelines of the
Brazilian Army Commander, as an armed force, will continue acting in line with
the Brazilian Navy and the Brazilian Air Force, both in its strategic planning
and preparation in their jobs.
In these guidelines, the Brazilian
Army will continue to search for effective competence of scientific knowledge
and technological innovation capacity, in order to provide the ground force
with modern systems produced, primarily by the national Defense industry, whose
recovery will continue to be as objective pursued.
Gradually, more advanced technology
will be aggregated, always giving priority to the applied research and projects
of dual technology. Among the projects, it should be considered as
concentrators of the technological efforts the development of the Brazilian Armored Fighting Vehicles New
Family, the Anti-aircraft Defense System and the Command and Control System in
Combat.
In the same guideline, there is the
continuity of the work started by previous commands to expand the exchanges
between military and civilian institutions in the areas of education,
scientific research and culture, training of human resources for the areas of
science and technology.
The last paragraph emphasized the agreements
already made between the Brazilian Army and the State University of Campinas
(UNICAMP). In
The Arsenal de Guerra de São Paulo
(AGSP) is an important unit of the Brazilian Army that Aims terrestrial
mobility and assistance to the driver. Its mission is to contribute to the
operation of Brazilian Army through manufacturing and recovery of military
material. Among these activities, there is a mission to deploy and maintain the
Group of Armored and Military Vehicles with the aim of supporting the projects
of experimental development of military systems made by CTEx through the
promotion of applied research activities in the area of armored and military
vehicles and training of human resources used in projects. The AGSP intend to
be a centre of excellence in military material, particularly in the area of
land mobility.
As auxiliary and reserve forces of
the Brazilian Army that integrate the Public Security and Social Protection
Brazil, in the states we have the military police, which are public security
forces units that are responsible for the police ostensible primary function
and the preservation of public order - Article 144 of the Federal Constitution
of 1988. They are subordinated, in conjunction with the civilian police, to the
Governors of States, the
Another important aspect in the
development of scientific-technological research in Brazil, especially when
there are from military, refers to the acquisition of technologies and
equipment manufactured in other countries. Centered in favor of national
industry, in September 2007, the Federal Government announced the establishment
of the Strategic Plan of National Defense. Expected to be launched in September
2008, the plan aims to present a policy of national defense combined with a
long-term strategy to reactivate the industry of defense material in the
country and reequip the Armed Forces. In addition, earlier this year of 2008,
cooperation in military strategy mark the staff of meetings with the holders of
Defense, Nelson Jobim (