Drone Rules for 3º Batalhão de Suprimento
The airspace over and surrounding the 3º Batalhão de Suprimento (3º B Sup) (Nova Santa Rita, RS) is classified as a strictly restricted Military Logistics Hub and Exclusion Zone. Civilian drone flights are completely banned within this perimeter to protect the massive supply vaults, strategic transport assets.
The 3º Batalhão de Suprimento (Marechal Bitencourt Battalion), located on a vast, high-security complex in Nova Santa Rita, is widely recognized as the largest military logistics organization in Latin America. This sprawling base houses multiple highly guarded supply companies responsible for receiving, organizing, warehousing, and dispatching dynamic inventory pools—ranging from combat rations and heavy field gear to high-priority technology components—that sustain military units throughout southern Brazil.
Operating an unauthorized civilian drone near a national-level defense supply hub presents extreme structural and counter-intelligence risks. Uncoordinated aerial operations can result in unauthorized mapping of transport routing networks, surveillance of strategic supply levels, or critical data sniffing from tactical asset tags. Due to its size and tactical importance, the installation is heavily fortified with proactive radar monitoring and signals countermeasures. Under DECEA instruction ICA 100-40, civilian unmanned aircraft systems are entirely barred from entering this tactical airspace. Any unauthorized drone will face immediate signal jamming or physical interception, and the operator will be subject to federal criminal prosecution under national security statutes.