Drone Rules for Jungle Warfare School (Brazilian Army)
The airspace over and surrounding the Centro de Instrução de Guerra na Selva (CIGS) (Manaus, AM) is classified as a highly restricted National Defense Training Asset, Strategic Security Zone, and Military Exclusion Grid. Civilian drone flights are completely banned across the entire headquarters.
The Centro de Instrução de Guerra na Selva (CIGS), operated by the Brazilian Army in Manaus, is internationally recognized as one of the world's premier elite training centers for jungle warfare. Spanning large tracts of primary Amazon rainforest alongside its urban command center, CIGS is responsible for forging elite jungle warriors (Guerreiros de Selva) and developing tactical survival and combat doctrines specifically engineered for the harsh Amazon environment.
Operating an unauthorized civilian drone over this iconic military institution triggers immediate security countermeasures due to critical tactical and operational risks:
Classified Military Training & Counter-Surveillance: CIGS routinely hosts specialized training courses for elite domestic troops and foreign military personnel. Aerial drones filming over tactical training sectors, weapon instruction ranges, or survival camps are instantly classified as an intelligence breach and a direct threat to operational military security.
Low-Altitude Tactical Aviation Corridors: The facility works in close coordination with the Army Aviation Command (AvEx) and the Brazilian Air Force. Low-flying military transport helicopters (such as the Eurocopter Cougar and Black Hawk variants) frequently execute low-altitude jungle canopy maneuvers and tactical troop extractions in this immediate sector. Uncoordinated civilian drones introduce a high risk of a catastrophic mid-air collision with low-flying aircraft.
Complex Signal Interference: Due to the base's internal tactical communications infrastructure and active signal monitoring arrays, consumer drones attempting to fly over the perimeter risk triggering automated signal jamming protocols, resulting in an unrecoverable flyaway or crash.
The entire facility is heavily secured by armed military personnel and tracked by regional air traffic defense networks. Any civilian drone attempting to operate over the CIGS perimeter without explicit clearance from the Army Command and a tactical flight plan cleared through DECEA via SARPAS NG will be instantly neutralized. Operators face immediate detention under the Military Penal Code and federal national security statutes.