A capacidade de construção naval no país e o programa de reaparelhamento na marinha: a construção da " Corveta Tamandaré" como oportunidade da construção naval Militar no Brasil

Abstract

Over the last few years, there has been a continuous reduction in the operational capacity of the Brazilian F leet, due to the advanced age of its vessels , especially the escort ships, and the lack of timely renewal of the m . This scenario may restrict the broad tasks that the Brazilian Navy performs, due to its constitutional enactment and subsidiary assignments defined by supplementary law nº 97/99 . According to the documents addressing the defense of the country, issued by the political sphere , and attesting to the importance and indispensability of the refitting of the Armed Forces, t he Brazilian Navy established, as one of its priorities, the construction, in Brazil, of four Corvettes o f the "Tamandaré" Class, which will require the involvement of the industrial park from the existing shipbuilding sector in the country. The b razilian naval industry, which in the past has alternated periods of vigor with others of deep stagnation, experimented f rom the beginning of 2000 a strong expansion due to the demands of the offshore oil and gas sector, which was interrupted by the crisis that str uck Petrobras from 2014. The Brazilian Navy Shipyard is also experiencing an adverse period in view of t he obsolescence of its industrial facilities and the loss of skilled manpower in shipbuilding. This work aims to analyze the feasibility of the construc tion of military vessels of a corvette ́s dimension in the country, considering the current capacity of the B razilian shipbuilding industry. To accomplish this purpose, interviews with stakeholders of the "Tamandaré" Corvette C lass were carried out, in addi tion to the bibliographic research that supported the study. The work allowed for the conclusion that there are adequate industrial facilities for the construction of corvettes in the country. However, there are also technological deficiencies and a lack o f expertise in conducting this type of project in private shipyards. This condition s the construction of corvettes in Brazil to a model in which a hired company, qualified in building military ships, would have to associate with a national shipyard, and pe rform compensatory practices of an industrial, technological and commercial nature for Brazil (offset).