{{Short description|Defunct Portuguese holding company}} '''EMPORDEF, SGPS, SA''' ({{langx|pt|Empresa Portuguesa de Defesa}}, Portuguese Defense Company) was a holding company, created in March 1997,<ref name="dl287/96" /> owned by the Portuguese government which managed other companies directly or indirectly connected to the defense sector, such as telecommunications, information technology, engineering, aeronautical construction and shipbuilding.<ref name="quemsomos" /><ref name="missao" /><ref name="pinto2010" /> In January, 2020, it was announced that the Portuguese government had completed the liquidation of the company.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/article/93853/portugal-liquidates-defence-industrial-holding-company-and-transfer-stakes|title=Portugal liquidates defence industrial holding company and transfer stakes|date=January 22, 2020|publisher=Jane's 360|accessdate=26 January 2020}}</ref> The remainder of its assets were transferred to ''idD - Plataforma das Indústrias de Defesa Nacionais''.
== Participated companies == * OGMA (35% ownership) - Aeronautical industry. * IDD (100%) - Demilitarization of defense materiel. * EMPORDEF-TI (100%) - Simulation, training, test and maintenance support systems. * EID (38.57%) - Communication systems. * Edisoft (17.5%) - Weapon control, information integration, military logistics, collective security and space systems. * DEFAERLOC (100%) - C-295 leasing company * DEFLOC (81%) - EH-101 leasing company * Naval Rocha (45%) - Shipbuilding industry. * Arsenal do Alfeite (100%) - Shipbuilding industry. * OGMA Imobiliária, S.A. (100%) - Real estate. * EEN (100%) - Naval engineering. * Ribeira d’Atalaia – Sociedade Imobiliária, S.A. (57%) - Real estate. * ENVC (100%) - Shipbuilding industry. * INDEP (100%) - Weapons and ammunition. <ref name="empresas" />
== See also == * Portuguese Armed Forces * Portuguese Air Force * European Defence Agency * European Space Agency * Leasing * Offset agreement * Foreign Military Sales * Portuguese Pandur * Critical Software * Rohde & Schwarz
== References == <references>
<ref name="dl287/96">{{cite web|url=http://www.dre.pt/pdf1s%5C1996%5C12%5C287A01%5C00020006.pdf|title=''Decreto-Lei nº'' 287/96|date=December 12, 1996|publisher=|accessdate=3 March 2013}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> <ref name="quemsomos">{{cite web|url=http://www.empordef.pt/menu_direita/menu_direita.htm|title=''Quem somos'' - EMPORDEF|date=|publisher=|accessdate=3 March 2013|language=Portuguese}}</ref> <ref name="missao">{{cite web|url=http://www.empordef.pt/menu_direita/menu_direita_missao.htm|title=''Missão e visão'' - EMPORDEF|date=|publisher=|accessdate=3 March 2013|language=Portuguese}}</ref> <ref name="pinto2010">Pinto 2010</ref> <ref name="empresas">{{cite web|url=http://www.empordef.pt/menu_direita/menu_direita_empresas.htm|title=''Empresas Participadas'' - EMPORDEF|date=|publisher=|accessdate=3 March 2013|language=Portuguese}}</ref> <!--<ref name=""></ref>-->
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=== Bibliography === * {{cite journal|last=Pinto |first=Renato Fernando Marques |year=2010 |title=As Indústrias Militares e As Armas de Fogo Portáteis no Exército Português |journal=Revista Militar |url=http://www.revistamilitar.pt/modules/articles/article.php?id=528 |accessdate=March 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327041640/http://www.revistamilitar.pt/modules/articles/article.php?id=528 |archivedate=March 27, 2012 }} * {{cite book| last=Tavares| first=João Moreira| title=Indústria Militar Portuguesa|trans-title=Portuguese Military Industry| year=2006| publisher=Caleidoscópio | location=Lisbon| language=Portuguese| isbn=9789728801793}}
== External links == * [http://www.empordef.pt EMPORDEF], official website {{in lang|pt}} * [http://www.dgtf.pt/sector-empresarial-do-estado-see/informacao-sobre-as-empresas/entidade/empordef-empresa-portuguesa-de-defesa-sgpssa EMPORDEF - ''Empresa Portuguesa de Defesa'', SGPS, SA]
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Category:Government-owned companies of Portugal Category:Former defence companies of Portugal
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