{"id":3345,"date":"2018-06-12T10:16:26","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T10:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auxdefense.pt\/?p=3345"},"modified":"2018-06-12T10:50:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T10:50:00","slug":"marcelo-rebelo-de-sousa-testa-equipamentos-auxdefense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auxdefense.pt\/en_GB\/2018\/06\/12\/marcelo-rebelo-de-sousa-testa-equipamentos-auxdefense\/","title":{"rendered":"President of the Portuguese Republic tests AuxDefense equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Azores Islands and the United States of America were the chosen spots by the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, for this year&#8217;s celebrations of Day of Portugal,\u00a0Cam\u00f5es and Portuguese Communities.<\/p>\n<p>At Ponta Delgada, the AuxDefense consortium was one of the entities present in the\u00a0<em>\u201cPortuguese Army Clothing and Charging Systems\u201d<\/em> exhibition which was attended by the\u00a0<strong>President of the Portuguese Republic<\/strong>, the <strong>Portuguese Defense Minister<\/strong>, Azeredo Lopes, and the <strong>Portuguese Army Chief<\/strong>, General Rovisco Duarte.<\/p>\n<p>On the spotlight were\u00a0the military protection equipment (helmet and\u00a0bulletproof vest,\u00a0knee and elbow pads) developed by AuxDefense, in a consortium that associates the\u00a0<strong>University of Minho<\/strong> through the International Platform\u00a0<strong>Fibrenamics<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong>Portuguese Army<\/strong> and the\u00a0<strong>Portuguese Air Force<\/strong> with five other Portuguese companies from the north region:\u00a0<strong>Fibrauto<\/strong>, <strong>IDT Consulting<\/strong>, <strong>Latino Group<\/strong>, <strong>LMA<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Sciencentris<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration made by Professor Raul Fangueiro, Fibrenamics Platform coordinator, has aroused great interest and the President Marcelo took the opportunity to test the equipment.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3345 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/auxdefense.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/LCH_8908.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/auxdefense.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/LCH_8908-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Img - 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