CITEFA

The Institute of Scientific and Technological Research of the Armed Forces (CITEFA, Spanish: Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de las Fuerzas Armadas), is an Argentine federal agency in charge of the research, development and homologation of armament.

The Agency was moved under the orbit of the Ministry of Defense and renamed Institute of Scientific and Technological Research for the Defense Instituto de Investigación Científicas y Técnicas para la Defensa ( CITEDEF )

Designed

• Artillery field gun: L33, CALA 30 & CALIV Cañón Liviano 105 mm.Gun
• Multiple rocket launcher: 105mm Pampero MRL & 127mm CP-30 ^video
• Antitank missiles: Mathogo & Mara ^video
• Missiles: Martin Pescador MP-1000 & AS-25K
• GRADICOM PCX-2009 rocket ^[1]
• GRADICOM II two stage high altitude rocket
• ORBIT rocket to orbit payloads
• Antarctic Wind Generator installed on Marambio Base ^[2]
• SEON gyrostabilized TV/Infrared/Laser sensor for Intrepida class vessels ^[3]

See also

• Argentine defense industry
• Science and technology in Argentina

References

• Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de las FFAA at GlobalSecurity.org

1. ^ EXITOSO LANZAMIENTO DE UN MISIL DE PRODUCCIÓN ARGENTINA
2. ^ DEFENSA INSTALÓ UN GENERADOR DE ENERGÍA EÓLICA EN LA ANTÁRTIDA
3. ^ royecto SEON (Sistema Estabilizado de Observación Naval)

External links

• (Spanish) Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas para la Defensa, official site