TECHNOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF ACQUISITION PROGRAMS OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT ON THE CAPABILITY LEVEL OF BRAZILIAN AERONAUTICS INDUSTRY

• Grant number: 13/19274-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: December 01, 2013
• End date: December 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Production Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Ligia Maria Soto Urbina
• Grantee: Josiane de Araujo Francelino
• Host Institution: Divisão de Engenharia Mecânica (IEM). Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA). Ministério da Defesa (Brasil). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Purchase programs of military aircraft of the Air Force Command historically played an important role in the technological development of the Brazilian aeronautics industry, so they are strongly associated with the trajectory of technological evolution of the main company in the industry. They still allowed the Air Force Command to get experience in management of complex projects. However, studies are scarce in the literature to identify the impacts of acquisition programs with high technological content, which require a great effort on the part of contractors (innovative programs). Thus, this research has as main objective to contribute to the understanding of the technological impacts of aircraft acquisition programs of the Air Command on the national aeronautics industry, especially in terms of technological capability. To achieve this goal, the adaptation of the technological array of Lall (1992) is proposed for the specific case of acquisition programs of combat aircraft of the Air Force Command. It is intended to identify the technological impacts of defense programs on the Brazilian aeronautics industry, in terms of learning and training technology. The information for the matrix construction will be collected through interviews and consultations with primary sources from the archives of the Coordinating Committee of Combat Aircraft Program (COPAC) and EMBRAER.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FRANCELINO, JOSIANE DE ARAUJO; SOTO URBINA, LIGIA MARIA; FURTADO, ANDRE TOSI; CHAGAS, JR., MILTON DE FREITAS. How public policies have shaped the technological progress in the Brazilian aeronautics industry: Embraer case. SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY, v. 46, n. 6, p. 787-804, DEC 2019. (13/19274-3)