TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PARTNERSHIPS: STUDY OF BRAZILIAN CASES OF FACTORS THAT LEAD TO SUCCESS OR FAILURE

• Main Author: Eugenio Campos Huguenin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Marinha do Brasil, Escola de Guerra Naval 2017-08-01
• Series: Revista da Escola de Guerra Naval
• Subjects: defense industrial and technological base; transfer of technology; prosub; h-xbr; successful partnership; brazil
• Online Access: https://revista.egn.mar.mil.br/index.php/revistadaegn/article/view/564/pdf

To build its Defense Industrial and Technological Base, Brazil brings the need to allow to the domestic industry of defense material to achieve independence regarding essential technologies to the defense. Thus, the Brazilian Government is considering the Transfer of Technology (ToT) to make its armed forces more independent of purchases in the international arms market. To do this, the Brazilian State has established several partnerships with foreign companies seeking development of technological capabilities to Brazil. Although the results of these programs are still unknown, there are some factors that experts refer to as essential for the success of a ToT. Thus, this work has two intentions of which the first is to list the main factors (internal and external) that are considered by experts to be essential to the success of a partnership of ToT. The second intention is to check if the factors mentioned above are normally considered by the partners who participate in a ToT, mainly in France-Brazil partnerships. For this, two programs will be analyzed: the PROSUB aimed at the construction of a Brazilian SNA and the H-XBR which aims the development of a Brazilian helicopter.