Avibras
Brazilian defense industry company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Avibrás Indústria Aeroespacial, based in Jacareí, São José dos Campos, Brazil, is a diversified Brazilian company which designs, develops and manufactures defense products and services.[3] Its range of products encompasses artillery and aircraft defense systems, rockets and missiles such as air-to-ground and surface-to-surface weapon systems, including artillery rocket systems; 70 mm air-to-ground systems and fiber optic multi-purpose guided missiles. It makes armoured vehicles as well. It also manufactures civilian transportation through a division called Tectran, telecommunications equipment, electronic industrial equipment (Powertronics), automotive painting and explosives. DefendTex of Australia with possibility to buy the brazilian Defence Company, with a debt of more than R$600 million or some € 80 million, in which R$ 14.5 million is debt with workers.[4][5][6][7]
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Defense |
Founded | 1961; 63 years ago (1961) |
Headquarters | São José dos Campos, Brazil |
Area served | Latin American |
Key people | João Brasil Carvalho Leite (President and CEO) |
Products | |
Number of employees | 800 (March 2024), 400 layoff[1][2] |
Website | www |