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Industries and Logistics for the Defence“ As a Contribution for the Promotion of the Portuguese Industrial and Technological Base in Defence and Security Markets PORTUGAL DGAI D INDUSTRIES AND LOGISTICSARMAMENTO E INFRA-ESTRUTURAS DE DEFESA FOR THE DEFENCE 2012 2013 Portugal - Industries and Logistics for Defence - 2012/2013 Catalogue Published by the Portuguese Ministry of Defence – General Directorate for Armaments and Defence Infrastructures, in December 2011. Printed in Lisboa by PERES-SOCTIP, S.A. The content of the 2012/13 Defence Industries Catalogue is purely for information purpose. All the data provided, collected in 2011, is the responsibility of institutions contained therein. FOREWORD DTIB Strategy DEFENCE INDUSTRIES AND LOGISTICS BY SECTOR OF ACTIVITY 1. AGENCIES 2. ASSOCIATIONS 3. CLUSTERS 4. INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES 4.1 HOLDINGS 4.2 AEROSPACE 4.3 NAVAL 4.4 LAND 4.5 EXPLOSIVES AND AMMUNITIONS 4.6 ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION 4.7 COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (CIS) 4.8 SECURITY 4.9 MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES 4.10 TEXTILE 4.11 SERVICES 4.12 RESEARCH 4.13 ENERGIES 4.14 HEALTH 4.15 ENVIRONMENT 5. LOGISTICS 5.1 GOODS AND CATERING 5.2 FOOTWEAR 5.3 PUBLIC WORKS 5.4 TRANSPORTS ACRONYMS FOREWORD The General Armaments and Defence Infrastructures Directorate has been publishing since 2004 the magazine “Portugal - Industries and Logistics for the Defence“ as a contribution for the promotion of the Portuguese Industrial and Technological Base in defence and security markets. The present edition “Portugal - Industries and Logistics for the Defence 2011-2013” is aligned with the national Defence Technological and Industrial Base Strategy (DTIB) defined by the Portuguese Government and developed in line with the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base Strategy. The increasing number of companies requested to provide support to UN, NATO and EU operations led to the decision of including a chapter dedicated to logistics. Given the relevance of the national industrial strategy, its inclusion in the present edition of the magazine was also considered of great opportunity. Taking into account that a collective effort is absolutely essential to strengthen the development of a competitive and competent European Defence Equipment Market, we are convinced this Catalogue will facilitate contacts between partners on technological and business opportunities. Contributing to this effort, Portugal has been reinforcing its R&D investment in the last years, allowing a steady growth of defence technological and industrial base field-proven products, systems and applications capable to compete in the national and global defence and security markets. Finally we would like to emphasize our expectations that this magazine will contribute to the promotion of the Portuguese economy beyond its borders. Portugal’s Defence Technological and Industrial Base Strategy 1. Introduction 1.1. Security and Defence issues being of growing concern to governments, have resulted in public policies which have reg- istering a remarkable growth and evolution. 1.2. It is essential for Portugal to develop a national technological and industrial base (DTIB) capable to supply the defence sector. This DTIB should satisfy domestic logistic requirements for goods, technologies and services throughout the vari- ous stages of the life cycle of weapon systems, subsystems and its components, either for re-equipment or for use by the Portuguese Armed Forces. The national DTIB should focus in the following areas: (1) research and development, (2) production, (3) modernization, (4) maintenance, repair and modification, demilitarization and disposal. 1.3. This national technological and industrial base should be focused on and ready to compete in the international market, in which lies the framework for business opportunities, both within the European Defense Market as well as in the broader platform of global competition. 1.4. In order to strengthen its capabilities and increase its opportunities in a competent and competitive way, the national DTIB should be based on national industrial and technological suppliers with suitable expertise for the defence. 1.5. In this context, it is essential to encourage their participation (national industrial and technologic suppliers) in the different stages of the life cycle of the armed forces’ systems and equipments, boosting its involvement in international defence markets. The “Defence Technological and Industrial Base” is therefore the set of national scientific and technologic com- panies and entities, public and private, ready to intervene in one or more stages of the logistic life cycle of those assets. 1.6. The building and development of a competitive and competent DTIB requires the definition and implementation of a strategy that aligns the rationalization and efficiency efforts at national level with the principles and goals of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base Strategy (EDTIB) signed in May 2007 by the Member States (MS) of the European De- fense Agency (EDA). That rationalization must prevent the existence of non-competitive industrial capabilities’duplications, especially those associated with operational availability of military resources and guide R&D policies towards the develop- ment of technologies that meet medium and long term operational requirements. 1.7. This current strategy constitutes a planning and decision making tool bringing together the joint effort and commitment of national DTIB stakeholders, institutional bodies, scientific, technological and business entities, ready to receive updates and improvements due to natural evolution of the circumstances. 1.8. The technologies to improve (in accordance to Defence R&D strategy) as well as the reinforcement of the industrial capabilities to be preserved or developed at the national level have to take into account the broader universe of Defence- Security mainly in areas of dual use - military and civilian. 1.9. The nature and affinity of the two universes - Defence and Security explains the identification and overlap of technologies that support them, justifying an open and integrated perspective that can take advantage of the synergies and comple- mentarities between both sectors and other civilian areas, such as the Aeronautics, Space and Sea,. 1.10. The preferential use of dual-use technologies is also an imperative that derives from the fact that the missions/operations of the European Union (EU) take on an increasingly civil-military nature. This trend is already visible within the European Commission (EC) and the EDA, namely regarding research and technology under the Framework Program nr.7 (FP7). The development of SDR-communication and Space critical technologies through the task-group by the EC-ESA-EDA JTF are very good examples. This reality must be reflected when implementing the Strategy, avoiding firm boundaries between military and civilian areas also at the institutional level. 1.11. The aim of this document is to formulate a strategy for the development of a national DTIB intended to be competent and competitive exploring key industrial capabilities and technologies on a national scale regarding the reinforcement of its participation in giving answer to Defence and Security operational requirements, internally and externally, in the European context and in the larger scope of global competition, promoting the export of goods and high-tech services. …BTID all companies and entities within the national scientific and technological system, public or private, capable to in- tervene in logistics life cycle of Defense systems and equipment and in other civilian areas as Security, Aeronautics, Space and Sea ... 2. Defence Technological and Industrial sector: Characterization 2.1 The national DTIB has a small dimension and is spread in a number of entities, essentially Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as well as scientific and technological actors working apart in the defence market in segments related to the production of components, subsystems and logistics maintenance associated with the life cycle of military systems and equipment. 2.2 In general, those entities are services and process experts’ suppliers with a reduced ability for systems or products inte- gration. Moreover, in terms of R&D both companies and entities of the scientific and technologic system, have invested in various areas of knowledge and brought valuable contributions to the creation of dual use technologies. 2.3 The relationship between the DTIB actors, particularly among the industrial, academic system and entities with R&D ca- pacity, is of low expression yet. This reality leads to different kind of duplications, dispersion of efforts and less efficiency and effectiveness of results, on skills and competitiveness matters, particularly related to export and external affirmation. 2.4 There is however a purpose, particularly visible in recent years, to consolidate and strengthen the capacities of national DTIB. This is evident through the emergence of new players, particularly in the area of technology and information systems, communications and electronics, thus creating the basis of what could be a solid and well focused national presence in the global defence market. These entities have been revealing in several cases, the best strategies and capabilities to invest in dual-use technologies picking up public funds from national and external sources. 2.5 In this regard, it is essential that state-owned companies have their strategies centered on competitiveness objectives and competitive dynamics in view of its contribution to the development of a national DTIB able to assert and compete, based on dual-use
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