APPLICATION OF THE AHP-TOPSIS-2N METHOD IN PRIORITIZING TECHNOLOGIES OF INTEREST TO THE BRAZILIAN ARMY

Technology management includes planning, directing, controlling, and coordinating the development of technological capabilities so that organizations can conceive and achieve their strategic objectives.In the defense area, given the growing dependence between military capabilities and technology, technology management models have been sought to identify and prioritize critical technologies that will guide the strategic planning of an Armed Force.In this context, this article aims at prioritizing critical technologies based on the use of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) combined with the quantitative analysis of patent databases.The MCDM method used was the AHP-TOPSIS-2N, a hybrid approach that brings together the strengths of two established methods, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Technique for Order Preferences by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), along with two different normalization procedures.As a result, it was possible to prioritize critical technologies of interest to the Brazilian Army for application in medium-term technological development projects (2024)(2025)(2026)(2027)(2028)(2029)(2030)(2031).