UAE-based EDGE Group has entered into a cooperation agreement with France’s Safran Electronics & Defense to develop and manufacture solid rocket motors in Brazil. The initiative is intended to establish domestic propulsion and guidance capabilities through EDGE’s Brazilian subsidiary SIATT, based in São José dos Campos in the country’s southeast. The partnership will extend beyond propulsion technology to a broader range of defence products, including guided weapons, loitering munitions and coastal defence systems. It will also cover critical subsystems such as inertial navigation units, GNSS receivers, actuators, optronic sights and seekers. According to the companies, localising these technologies could reduce Brazil’s dependence on overseas defence supply chains while supporting major national programmes. One such initiative is the Brazilian armed forces’ Blue Amazon Management System, known as SisGAAz, which is designed to strengthen maritime surveillance and management. The agreement also reinforces Safran’s long-established industrial relationship with Brazil, which the company has maintained for nearly five decades. Expansion of EDGE’s Brazilian PresenceThe latest agreement follows several developments highlighting EDGE’s growing presence in Brazil and the wider South American defence market. The Emirati group recently expanded its engineering capabilities through the acquisition of Brazilian company AKAER. It has also inaugurated a new SIATT production headquarters in Brazil. In addition, EDGE has established a cyber-defence centre in cooperation with the Brazilian Army and broadened maritime-related project agreements with the Brazilian Navy. These activities form part of the group’s wider effort to develop local defence production, engineering and technology capabilities in Brazil.
