Institute of Aeronautics and Space

The Institute of Aeronautics and Space (Portuguese: Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço) is a military research organization of the Brazilian Air Force's Department of Aerospace Science and Technology (DCTA), founded on 1 January 1954. The IAE was refounded in 1991 as result of the merger of the Brazil's Institute of Space Activities and the Institute of Development and Research subordinated to the DCTA. The current IAE have a strong presence in the space and aeronautics activities in Brazil.

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