Smart Defence

Smart Defence is a platform that aims to bring together in a single space the individuals and national and international entities that participate in the defence sector, such as the Ministry of Defence, members of the armed forces, diplomatic attachés, private companies, research centres, students, journalists, among others, as well as business opportunities. The platform's mission is to foster business in the Defence ecosystem, providing visibility to registered entities and available opportunities, such as national and international public tenders. To speed up the search and identification process, a matchmaking system is used to connect user profiles with grants and tenders. In order to mitigate the bureaucratic difficulties sometimes inherent to the application processes to public programmes, the Legislative Area was also created, which gathers the rules and conditions of the ongoing tenders. In order to contribute to and promote the Defence ecosystem, a Community hub has also been incorporated, for sharing and debating ideas. Finally, the suitability of the entities involved is guaranteed, since their registration is subject to validation by the platform administrator (idD). idD Portugal Defence is an exclusively public owned company under the joint supervision of the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Finance. idD Portugal Defence aims to make the Defence Technological and Industrial Base a relevant international player within the Defence Economy, through the following axes: Management of the Portuguese public holdings in companies in the Defence sector; Management of the Technological Defence and Industrial Base (DTIB), including representation of the DTIB and the Portuguese State in the European Union, NATO, and international forums relevant to the Defence Economy.