CITEDEF
Sign in to saveAlso known as Institute of Scientific and Technical Research for Defense, Instituto de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas para la Defensa, CITEFA
The Institute of Scientific and Technical Research for the Defense (, also known by its acronym CITEDEF), is an Argentine federal agency in charge of research and development in various scientific fields. It is also in charge of homologation of weaponry.
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Facility
- Founded
- 1954
- Location
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Also known as
- CITEDEF
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.472580.c · ISNI 0000 0004 0438 8903
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas para la Defensa
- Official website
- www.argentina.gob.ar/defensa/citedef
- Image
- Citidef sede.jpg
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- CITEFA
- inception
- 1954-00-00
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The Institute of Scientific and Technical Research for the Defense (, also known by its acronym CITEDEF), is an Argentine federal agency in charge of research and development in various scientific fields. It is also in charge of homologation of weaponry.
Located in the Villa Martelli district of Greater Buenos Aires, CITEDEF is one of the scientific and technological organisms that depend on the Ministry of Defense and its Secretary of Planning. It is also a part of the "Constituyentes Technological Hub" along with other institutions such as the Atomic Energy National Commission (CNEA), the University of San Martín (UNSAM) and the National Institute of Industrial Technology (INTI), among others.