Drone Rules for Exército Brasileiro — Centro de Embarcações do Comando Militar da Amazônia (CECMA)
The airspace over and surrounding the Centro de Embarcações do Comando Militar da Amazônia (CECMA) (Ponta Negra, Manaus, AM) is classified as a highly critical Strategic Tactical Logistics Base, Riverine Combat Operations Center, and National Security No-Fly Zone. Civilian drone flights are completely banned.
The Centro de Embarcações do Comando Militar da Amazônia (CECMA), situated at Avenida Coronel Teixeira, 6123, in the high-security military cluster of the Ponta Negra district in Manaus, is an elite logistics and tactical transport spine for the Brazilian Army. CECMA is responsible for providing all riverine logistical support, tactical transport, and amphibious maneuvering capabilities to army units deployed across the massive, challenging Amazonian theater. This base directly controls the large transport vessels, armored regional patrol boats, and tactical barges that keep remote border outposts supplied and operational.
The entire CECMA compound is tightly secured, walled off, and continuously monitored 24/7 by armed Army sentries and naval security patrols. Any civilian drone attempting to breach the base boundaries or record the shoreline asset yards without an explicit military deployment mandate and direct tactical clearance approved via DECEA’s SARPAS NG portal will be aggressively downed. Operators face immediate federal arrest, equipment confiscation, and harsh prosecution under national security laws and the Military Penal Code.