Amazon Surveillance System
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The Amazon Surveillance System (SIVAM,
ERJ 145. The combined platform is called the R-99
.
The U.S. military contractor
MacDonald Dettwiler (MDA) and Embraer won the tender to build the SIVAM system. Today, the project has delivered its equipment to the government, creating the SIPAM (Amazonian Protection System) and enhancing the Brazilian Airspace Control System. SIPAM headquarters are located in Brasília, Brazil
.
Raytheon controversy
Allegations of
Isto É, when Assumpcão told Gomes dos Santos that Brazilian Senator Gilberto Miranda might block the Raytheon contract, Gomes dos Santos responded, "Damn, did you already pay this guy?". Gomes dos Santos and Brazil's aviation minister resigned because of allegations that this conversation suggested that bribes were paid.[1] Raytheon ultimately was awarded the contract after lobbying by the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton.[citation needed
]
See also
References
- ^ "U.S. Firm Denies Role in Brazil Bribery Tale". Chicago Tribune. 21 November 1995. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
Bibliography
- (in French) ISBN 2-07-077049-4).
External links
- SIVAM Presentation
- SIPAM site
- ATECH site
- SIVAM Thesis Naval Postgraduate School, 1999 [1]
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