Latest news and stories about defense technology in Portugal for expats and residents.
The Portuguese Army is preparing the creation of a technological free zone to test and validate new defence technologies in three regions of the country. The infrastructure, designated D. Afonso Henriques Technological Free Zone (ZLT), is expected to cover military areas in Santa Margarida, in the municipality of Constância, São Jacinto in Aveiro, and Beja. The management...
With a delegation of over 300 people and double the equipment, Sweden participated in force this year in REPMUS, the robotics and unmanned vehicle experimentation exercise organised by the Portuguese Navy in Troia. The Royal Swedish Navy was one of three dozen NATO country navies that were present.
“No photos, no photos,” warns a Portuguese Navy official as soon as a member of the delegation picks up their mobile phone to take a picture. We are inside a tent belonging to the Ukrainian company UForce, set up at the Navy’s naval base in Troia and turned into a greenhouse by the heat. Before we enter, the commander and...
Adolfo Mesquita Nunes, lawyer and partner at Pérez-Llorca, highlights in an interview with Lusa that artificial intelligence (AI) has become a strategic technology for defence and state sovereignty, yet it is developed by private entities. On March 10, the American AI company Anthropic filed a lawsuit against the US government.
