Manufacturing Magazine December 2014 | Page 151

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Novaer T-xc plane
The Brazilian aerospace industry is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere , being its origin from a long-term policy of the Ministry of Aeronautics , at the end of the 40s , to establish the technological capacities in the aeronautic sector , by the Technological Institute of the Aeronautic , and research , located in the Technical Center for Aeronautic , established in Sao Jose dos Campos in 1950 .
With an unquestionable impact in the course of a nation , the aerospace technology is considered strategic for being on the frontier of knowledge and by duality of their application , as well by its flow-down to other sectors . As a result , its workforce has a highest qualification , with high volume of participation of engineers , masters and PhDs .
The classification of industries manufacturing sector by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OCDE ), related to a technological intensity of their products , indicates the aerospace industry
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