The Institute of Scientific and Technical Research for the Defense (, also known for its acronym CITEDEF), is an

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federal agency in charge of research and development in various scientific fields. It is also in charge of homologation of weaponry. Located in the

Villa Martelli Villa Martelli is a town in the Partido of Vicente Lopez, in the Greater Buenos Aires metro area. History The first recorded settlement in the area occurred on May 6, 1910, and the town was officially recognized by the Provincial Legislature on J ...

district of

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, CITEDEF is one of the scientific and technological organisms that depend on the

Ministry of Defense A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divided ...

and its Secretary of Planning. It is also a part of the "Constituyentes Technological Hub" along with other institutions such as the Atomic Energy National Commission ( CNEA), the University of San Martín ( UNSAM) and the

National Institute of Industrial Technology The National Industrial Technology Institute (), commonly known as INTI, is an Argentine federal agency in charge of the developing of Industrial technology. It was created in 1957. See also * INTA, National Agricultural Technology Institute of ...

(INTI), among others. CITEDEF currently develops a series of projects that give it an edge on research and technology at a regional level. It is the first link of the productive chain within the Production Industry for Defense through the implementation of scientific research and technological development programs, plans and projects mainly for the Armed Forces, Military Manufactures (''Fabricaciones Militares'') and the Airplane Argentine Factory. All activity is developed within the technological - scientific political frame issued by the Ministry of Defense authorities.

History

The institute was created by President

Juan Domingo Perón ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philip ...

in Decree "S" Nº441 of the year 1954. The original name was "''CITEFA''" (Institute of Scientific and Technical Research for the Armed Forces). Its participation and findings were key in the development of weaponry and warfare materials and the increasing demand for technology caused an expansion and diversification to various disciplines and fields. In its beginnings, the institute was dispersed over many geographical locations, but in 1969 all areas unified in a 19 hectare lot in the Villa Martelli neighborhood, Buenos Aires province, which is still its location nowadays. It has a 33,000 square meter lodge with laboratories and workshops, along with a drill-destined estate in the

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Military Factory, Cordoba province. In 1973, a new Scientific Regime was created for the R&D staff of the Armed Forces, called ''Régimen para el Personal de Investigación y Desarrollo de las Fuerzas Armadas'' – RPIDFA). Its objective was to recruit and retain technicians and professionals of all the disciplines and fields needed for Defense. In 2007, through the Presidential Decree number 788, the name "CITEFA" was replaced with the current "CITEDEF".

Products designed

* Artillery field gun: * L33, CALA 30, CALIV light cannon 105mm gun *

Multiple rocket launcher A multiple rocket launcher (MRL) or multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) is a type of rocket artillery system that contains multiple rocket launcher, launchers which are fixed to a single weapons platform, platform, and shoots its rocket (weapon ...

: 105mm Pampero MRL and 127mm CP-30 video
/sup> * Rocket Pods: 6 x 105mm Cohetera Yaguareté IIIvideo
/sup>, 6 x 105mm Cohetera Microbio II and 6 x 57mm ARM-657 Mamboretá. The 105 mm pods use the same rockets as the Pampero MRLS. * Anti-tank missiles:

Mathogo The Mathogo (Acronym for ''Misil Anti-Tanque Hilo Guiado'' - ) is an Argentine first-generation wire-guided anti-tank missile. Background The anti-tank missiles ( ATGW, anti-tank guided weapons) evolved in the late 1950s from the portable a ...

and

MARA Mara or MARA may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Mara (''Doctor Who''), an evil being in two ''Doctor Who'' serials * Mara (She-Ra), fictional characters from the ''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power'' and ''The New Advent ...

video
/sup> * Missiles:

Martin Pescador MP-1000 The Martín Pescador MP-1000 was an Argentine air-to-surface missile developed by the CITEFA (''Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de las FFAA'' - Armed Forces Scientific and Technical Research Institute). The main user was the ...

and AS-25K;

Aspide Aspide, named for the asp, is an Italian medium range air-to-air and surface-to-air missile produced by Selenia and its successors, Alenia Aeronautica and MBDA that was developed in the 1970s to replace license built AIM-7 Sparrows then in us ...

upgrade. *

GRADICOM GRADICOM (GRAndes DImensiones COMpuestos) are a series of Argentine rockets with, according to CITEDEF, the ultimate goal of developing a vector that can be used for military purposes as a missile (with a guidance and control system) or as a soun ...

PCX-2009 rocket *

GRADICOM II GRADICOM (GRAndes DImensiones COMpuestos) are a series of Argentines, Argentine rockets with, according to CITEDEF, the ultimate goal of developing a vector that can be used for military purposes as a missile (with a guidance and control system) o ...

two-stage high altitude rocket * ORBIT rocket to orbit payloads * Antarctic

wind generator A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. , hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, were generating over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each ye ...

installed at

Marambio Base Marambio Station () is a permanent, all year-round Argentine Antarctica station named after Vice-Commodore , an Antarctic aviation pioneer. It is located in Marambio Island, Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula, some from the coastal civilian vil ...

* SEON gyrostabilized TV/infrared/laser sensor for Intrépida class vessels

References

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

External links

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