Avibras signed last Monday 19th a partnership agreement with UFSM (Santa Maria Federal University), Brazil, for technological and scientific research and development concerning the cooperation in Space, Defense and Security areas spanning a period of five years.

The Corporate Affairs Director, Carlos Alberto Cidade, highlighted the importance of the partnership: “The growth of our industry depends on the application of the knowledge that comes out  of the Universities. In there are the greatest talents”.  

The Innovation and Technology Supervisor, Hélio de Miranda Cordeiro, said that the UFSM is seen by Avibras as an institution with aptitude for Defense, mainly because its various projects developed in the area.

UFSM Dean, Paulo Afonso Burmann, emphasized the importance of partnerships among universities and industries for the development of innovation and technology in Brazil. According to him, this partnership consolidates the “triple helix”, a model that indicates the joint action of the government, companies and universities as the way to achieve  technological innovation and economic development.

From now on, Avibras and UFSM must establish addendums for the development of specific projects related specially to the courses of the UFSM Technological Center promoting research and funding Masters and Doctorate scholarships.

Technological Innovation – On November 20^th, Avibras’s Director of Corporate Affairs Mr. Carlos Cidade and the Supervisor of Technology and Innovation Mr. Helio de Miranda Cordeiro, delivered a lecture entitled “Technological Innovation in Avibras”, at the 6^th Armored Infantry Batallion, in Santa Maria (RS). Among the people attending the lecture were the General of the Army 3^rd Division (3ºDE), Mauro Sinott Lopes, Commander of the Army 3^rd Division and Brigade General, Giovany Carrião de Freitas, Commander of the 6^th Brigade, besides entrepreneurs and teachers of the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFMS).

Cidade and Cordeiro emphasized the importance of the Triple Helix of Innovation (interaction between Government, Industry and Academia), a model internationally known as the key to economic growth and social development based on knowledge.

Source: Santa Maria Federal University - UFSM