On April 13^th, Avibras was visited by a delegation headed by Air Force Brigadier-General Maurício Silveira de Medeiros, Chief of ASPAER - Assessoria Parlamentar e de Relações Institucionais do Comandante da Aeronáutica (Parliamentary and Institutional Relations Consultancy of the Aeronautics Commander).

The group, composed of personalities from Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo, visited companies related to the national defense industry coordinated by the Office of Brazilian Air Force Commander.

The delegation learned about Avibras history and its main projects, especially the development of the Tactile Cruise Missile AV-TM 300, recognizing important aspects of the company’s industrial evolution and technological competence. They also had the chance to see the infrastructure and the products of the company, highlighting the ASTROS vehicles (Artillery Saturation Rocket System).

The delegation was composed of:

- Jorge Cladistone Pozzobom, Mayor of Santa Maria (RS);

- Tiago Gorski Lacerda, Mayor of Santiago and President of Associação dos Municípios da Região Centro – RS (Central Area Municipality Association - RS);

- José Police Neto, City Councilor of São Paulo;

- Tirso de Salles Meirelles, Vice-President of the Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of São Paulo;

-  Wilson Poit, Secretary of Desestatização e Parcerias da Prefeitura de São Paulo (Privatization and Partnership of  São Paulo);

- Paulo Afonso Burmann, President of The Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM);

- Nilza Zampieri, President of The Science and Technology Park of Santa Maria and Professor of the Center of Technology (UFSM); 

- Carlos Costabeber, President of Conselho Superior da Agência de Desenvolvimento de Santa Maria - RS (Higher Council of Santa Maria Development Agency);

- Tiago Marchesan, Director of the Center of Technology (UFSM);

- Lissandro Dorneles Dalla Nora, Director of Ambiente de Inovação da Universidade Franciscana (Innovation Environment of the Franciscan University);

- André Luis da Silva, Coordinator of the Aerospace Engineering Course (UFSM);

-Natanael Rodrigues Gomes, Coordinator of the Telecommunication Engineering Course (UFSM);

-  Lisandra Manzoni da Fontoura, Coordinator of ASTROS 2020 Project (UFSM);

- Paulo Marese, Coordinator of the Acoustic Engineering Project with Embraer;

-  Márcio Antonio Mazutti, Professor (UFSM);

- Flávio Cabreira Jobim, President of Unicred/RS and Director of Unimed Technology in Santa Maria;

- Rodrigo Décimo, President of the Câmara de Comércio, Indústria e Serviços de Santa Maria (Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services of Santa Maria);

- Colonel André Portela Batista, Chief of Institutional Relations and Strategic Studies of the 3rd Infantry Division;

- Colonel PM Ricardo Gambaroni, Former Commander of the Military Police of the State of São Paulo;

- Silvio Pires de Paula, President of the Marketing Research and Intelligence Institute;

- Nelson Campelo, President of UStore, Company of Strategic Defense Products;

- Ricardo Jobim, Director of Jornal Diário and Legal Director of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services of Santa Maria (RS);

- Reinaldo Theocharis Papaiordanou, Director-President of SOMAERO - SP;

- Sérgio Acquesta, Vice-President of SOMAERO - SP;

- Acácio Queiroz, José de Podestá e Paulo Augusto de Azevedo Antunes Júnior, Directors of SOMAERO - SP;

- Abel Sarmento da Rocha, Architect and Director of Sabel;

- Paulo Roberto Garcia, Partner-Director of Tamarana Technology;

- André Luís Saraiva, President of PRAC Environmental Management;

- Ricardo Lacerda, Businessman and Aircraft Pilot;

- José Roberto Maluf, Director-President of the Group Spring;

- Antonino Freire, President of Régia Consultancy;

- Francisco Antonio Soeltl, President of Micropower;

- Álvaro Leopoldo e Silva Filho, Publicist and Vice-President of MB Productions;

- Luiz Alexandre Chicani, CEO e Founder of CLUB Saúde and BenCorp;

- Dom Mathias Toletino Braga, Abbot in São Bento Monastery;

- Luis Carlos Ambrosio, Businessman;

- Edson Martins Poit, Service Provider.

Besides Air Force Brigadier-General Maurício Augusto Silveira de Medeiros, the FAB delegation consisted of Colonel Avelar Konrad Hergemann, Deputy-Chief of ASPAER; Lieutenant-Colonel Sandro Bernardon, Chief of Staff; Major Chrisitano Pereira Haag, Deputy-Chief of the DRJ (Division of Relationship with the Judicial Branch); Third-Sargent Débora Albuquerque de Campos, Assistant; and corporal Hiago Rodrigues Mota, Assistant.