Editing Amazon Surveillance System (section)

{{Short description|Surveillance system used for monitoring Amazônia Legal}}
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[[File:Rumsfeld_visits_SIVAM.jpg|thumb|[[US Secretary of Defence]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]] visits SIVAM in [[Manaus]], [[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas]], Brazil]]
The '''Amazon Surveillance System''' ('''SIVAM''', {{langx|pt|Sistema de Vigilância da Amazônia}}), is a complex surveillance system used for monitoring [[Amazônia Legal]] ("legal Amazon area"). This area includes the Brazilian rainforest, to curb the trafficking of illegal [[narcotics]] and to curb [[illegal logging]] or burning of the forest. The system uses a mixture of fixed and mobile ground radar, as well as airborne surveillance using the [[Embraer]] [[Embraer ERJ 145 family|ERJ 145]]. The combined platform is called the [[Embraer R-99|R-99]].

The U.S. military contractor [[Raytheon]], the Brazilian firm [[ATECH]], the Canadian Aerospace company [[MacDonald Dettwiler|MacDonald Dettwiler (MDA)]] and Embraer won the tender to build the SIVAM system. Today, the project has delivered its equipment to the government, creating the SIPAM (Amazonian Protection System) and enhancing the Brazilian Airspace Control System. SIPAM headquarters are located in [[Brasília]], Brazil.

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[[File:Todo_conj_SW_NE.jpg|thumb|The SIVAM complex]]