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AIR DEFENSE

The 2019 edition of LAAD Defense and Security, which again has occurred in Riocentro convention center in Rio de Janeiro, has attracted over 450 domestic and international exhibitors from the defense and public security sectors. The proposal of the event, created in the 1990s, is to foster defense sectors in Latin America, a region considered with great growth potential, justly because the serious public security problems, but that have historically faced budgetary restrictions.

THREE FORCES

The Brazilian government has made investments to improve the police and military forces, as well as to reinforce the prison system. The great military novelty was the announcement of the consortium that won the project of Brazilian Navy for Tamandaré-class corvettes, as well as the submarine program. Although apparently distant from the aviation universe, the definition to purchase corvettes may lead the Navy to enlarge its fleet of multi-mission or attack helicopters.

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