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Brazil Defense Industry Resurrection: Avibras Restarts Astros Missile Line

Summary by The Rio Times
Key Points —Avibras missile production resumes in May after a four-year halt, backed by a R$300 million private fundraise led by Fundo Brasil Crédito and JBS billionaire Joesley Batista. —The company makes the Astros rocket-artillery system, the Brazilian Army’s “crown jewel” platform, and is 90% complete on the MTC-300 cruise missile with 300-kilometer range. —Chinese, […] The post Brazil Defense Industry Resurrection: Avibras Restarts Astros M…

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Under new management, Avibras resumed its operations on Thursday, 30, with the production of rockets, missiles and vehicles, after four years of paralysis. The company again operates under a new name: Avibras Aeroco. The company resumed operations at the São José dos Campos factory in the Paraíba Valley, São Paulo interior. + Read more from Brazil in West Now, the company is managed by the Brazilian Credit Fund. In the old management, the compan…

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lrcadefenseconsulting.com broke the news on Friday, May 1, 2026.
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