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How Brazil Competes in the Global Defense Industry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2022

Raul de Gouvea Neto
Raul de Gouvea Neto*
Affiliation:
University of New Mexico
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The Brazilian defense industry has become the country's most dynamic high-tech industry. This article will examine and analyze its remarkable growth and development. In the first section, the matrix of motivations behind the establishment of the Brazilian defense industry will be discussed. The second section will review its growth and strategic directions, and the third will elaborate on the industry's export drive, especially its major markets and products. The following sections will discuss the catalytic role of the Brazilian government in the defense industry, the industry's tripod strategy, and major barriers to further growth and development.

Type
Research Article
Information
Latin American Research Review , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , 1991 , pp. 83 - 107
Copyright
Copyright © 1991 by the University of Texas Press

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The author wishes to thank Arun Elhance, Itty Abraham, Mário Roberto Vaz Carneiro, Susan Jessup, and Roma Arellano for their helpful comments and suggestions.

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