Ejército Nacional - Uruguay

What Ejército Nacional - Uruguay does

The Ejército Nacional del Uruguay (National Army of Uruguay) is the land component of Uruguay's Armed Forces and a state military organization established in 1811, operating under the Ministerio de Defensa Nacional del Uruguay. It is headquartered at Avenida General José Garibaldi 2313 in Montevideo and conducts territorial deployment across the country via multiple divisions and brigades. The Army's mandate includes national defense, territorial security, participation in international peacekeeping missions, community support, disaster response, and the operation of military educational institutions. It runs four specialized schools: the Escuela Militar (Military Academy), the Liceo Militar (Military High School), the Escuela de Comunicaciones (Communications School), and the Escuela de Músicos (Musicians School). The Army also maintains specialized units such as Batallón 'Ansina' de Ingenieros de Combate N°6, which delivers CBRN defense training, and the Unidad de Ciberdefensa, responsible for securing tactical and administrative networks and conducting military cyber operations.

The organization operates no commercial software products and has no commercial pricing model; its digital presence is limited to an informational website, official publications (Revista La Fuerza de todos, Cimarrón), and an audiovisual news program (Informativo del Ejército del Uruguay). It runs a public cybersecurity awareness campaign titled 'La seguridad de todos' and operates the 0800 8353 psychological support hotline staffed by professional psychologists, serving military personnel and families of personnel deployed in peacekeeping missions. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and the entity is funded through Uruguay's national government budget rather than commercial activity, with no subsidiaries, no funding rounds, and no named commercial customers.

Name

Ejército Nacional - Uruguay

Legal name

Ejército Nacional del Uruguay

Website

https://ejercito.mil.uy

Company type

Private

Founded year

1811

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Ejército Nacional del Uruguay is the land component of Uruguay's Armed Forces, founded in 1811 and funded by the national government via the Ministry of Defense. It conducts national defense, international peacekeeping, community support, military education, and cybersecurity operations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

National Defense

NAICS

National Security (928110), National Security and International Affairs (928), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

International Affairs (9721), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Border Security & Homeland Security (BPAIAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) Academies & Leadership Schools (EDAHAOAF), Emergency Management & National Resilience (Civil Protection) (BPAIAAAI)

Keywords

• National defense
• Military training
• Peacekeeping operations
• Territorial security
• Military education

Headquarters

HQ city

Montevideo

HQ country

Uruguay

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Ejército Nacional del Uruguay is the land component of Uruguay's Armed Forces, providing national defense, territorial security, and international peacekeeping contributions. The organization operates military educational institutions (Escuela Militar, Liceo Militar, Escuela de Comunicaciones, Escuela de Músicos), a dedicated cyberdefense unit, community support programs, and a psychological support hotline (0800 8353) for military personnel and their families.

Product overview

Ejército Nacional - Uruguay is Uruguay's National Army, a military organization that provides national defense, participates in peace missions internationally, offers community support services, and operates military educational institutions including the Escuela Militar (Military School), Liceo Militar (Military High School), Escuela de Comunicaciones (Communications School), and Escuela de Músicos (Musicians School). The organization does not operate commercial software products; its digital presence consists of an informational website covering institutional news, missions, and public information.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Revista La Fuerza de todos: Official magazine of the National Army of Uruguay
• Informativo del Ejército del Uruguay
• Cimarrón

Products and services

• Escuela Militar (Military Academy) Officer training institution providing professional military education for cadets pursuing careers as commissioned officers in the Uruguayan Army.
• Liceo Militar (Military High School) Secondary education institution operating under military discipline, providing high school education to students within a military environment.
• Escuela de Comunicaciones (Communications School) Specialized training school for military communications personnel, developing expertise in tactical and strategic communications systems.
• Escuela de Músicos del Ejército (Army Musicians School) Training institution for military musicians serving in Army bands, providing musical education and military discipline. Established under the name "May. (BM) Duncan Sadi Baco."
• Programa "Sea Soldado" (Enlistment Program) Recruitment and enlistment pathway for individuals seeking to join the Uruguayan Army as soldiers.
• Unidad de Ciberdefensa (Cyber Defense Unit) Cybersecurity unit responsible for securing tactical and administrative networks of the Army and conducting military defense operations in cyberspace, operating under the "La seguridad de todos" cybersecurity awareness campaign.
• 0800 8353 Psychological Support Hotline Free psychological support hotline operated by professional psychologists, providing mental health services to military personnel and families of personnel deployed in peace missions.
• Misiones de Paz (Peacekeeping Missions) International peacekeeping operations in which the Uruguayan Army participates, deploying military personnel abroad for UN-mandated missions.
• Apoyo a la Comunidad (Community Support Operations) Community assistance programs including emergency response, disaster relief operations (such as Operación Frío Polar), and humanitarian support to the Uruguayan population.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Colegio Militar del Uruguay: The Army's own Military Academy; included as a peer reference given the prominence of military-school operations across the institution's value proposition and the broader Latin American network of military academies that compete for cadets and reputation.
• Ejército del Paraguay: Paraguay's land force, the closest neighbor to Uruguay in terms of army size, regional doctrine, and small-state defense posture. Operates similar community support and peacekeeping functions, making it a structurally comparable peer.
• Ejército Argentino: Argentina's land force and the most direct regional counterpart to Uruguay's National Army. It shares language, doctrine traditions, and operates as the army component of a neighboring Southern Cone country's armed forces, with overlapping peacekeeping and community-support missions.
• Ejército de Chile: Chile's land force, a Southern Cone peer with comparable institutional scale and a parallel structure of military schools, territorial deployment, and international peacekeeping participation. Comparable in mission set despite a larger budget envelope.

Others

• NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence: A multinational cyber-defense research and training hub. Comparable as an institutional model for how a small-to-mid military cyber capability can plug into multinational training, exercises, and best-practice networks to accelerate capability development.
• U.S. Army Cyber Command: The U.S. Army's dedicated cyber command, a reference peer for the Ejército Nacional's emerging Unidad de Ciberdefensa. Provides a benchmark for how army-level cyber units structure doctrine, talent pipelines, and mission scope at scale.

Regional players

• Norwegian Army: A small but technologically advanced European land force within a wealthy NATO member, useful as a benchmark for how a small army invests in cyber, communications schools, and specialized training to offset scale disadvantages.
• Exército Brasileiro: Brazil's land force and by far the largest army in the region. While significantly larger in scale and budget, it shares the regional defense and peacekeeping doctrine context and is the dominant strategic reference point for Uruguay's defense planning.
• New Zealand Defence Force: A small developed-nation combined defense force with comparable scale and a strong international peacekeeping and disaster-response profile. Useful as an analog for how a small, professional force structures training, community engagement, and overseas deployments.
• Irish Defence Forces: A small neutral country's professional armed forces with a heavy emphasis on UN peacekeeping, overseas deployments, and community support roles. Comparable in operating philosophy, force size, and the dual domestic-deployment mission profile.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EjercitoUy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ej-rcito-nacional---uruguay

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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