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Defense contracts require suppliers
with no foreign strings attached.

FOCI requirements, ITAR restrictions, and DoD supply chain security mandates require defense contractors to know who actually owns their subcontractors and suppliers — down to the beneficial owner. Sayari provides the corporate intelligence foundation for defensible FOCI determinations and supply chain security assessments.

aero_supplier_check.log
> Defense Supplier Assessment
contractor: “Aerotek Composites Inc. (US)”
✓ CAGE code validated · SAM.gov match
✓ DFARS 252.204-7012 compliance: verified
✓ Active facility clearance: confirmed
> FOCI Screening
ownership_traversal: 5 hops — clean
⚠ Minority investor: UK-HK dual entity
✓ CFIUS not triggered · <25% threshold
clearance.approve(supplier=”ATK-0221″, dfars=true) → eligible
Aerospace & Defense · CORE CHALLENGES

The exposure your current tools don’t surface.

FOCI hidden in subcontractor ownership structures

Foreign government ownership, control, or influence rarely appears at the Tier 1 subcontractor level. It’s embedded in the corporate structure two or three layers up — where standard screening doesn’t look.

ITAR-controlled technology in global supply chains

Defense prime contractors source components globally. ITAR restrictions on defense articles and technical data require understanding the actual ownership of foreign suppliers — not just their country of incorporation.

Counterfeit and diversion risk through gray market suppliers

Unauthorized aftermarket suppliers for defense components operate through complex corporate networks designed to obscure the actual source of parts. Beneficial ownership traversal surfaces the network.

THE SAYARI APPROACH

Primary-source ownership intelligence for defense supply chain security.

Sayari integrates corporate registry data from 250+ jurisdictions with DCSA watchlists, OFAC designations, and government-controlled entity databases — enabling defense contractors and government agencies to make defensible FOCI and supply chain security determinations.

FOCI determination support through full ownership traversal

Trace the complete corporate ownership chain of any subcontractor or supplier — surfacing foreign government ownership, control, or influence indicators at any level of the structure.

ITAR counterparty screening

Verify the beneficial ownership of foreign parties receiving ITAR-controlled technical data or defense articles — including connections to government-controlled entities and sanctioned states.

Supply chain entity resolution and monitoring

Resolve your entire defense subcontractor and supplier base against the Sayari world model and monitor for ownership changes, new designations, and adverse events.

CMMC and NIST 800-171 supply chain security compliance

Defense contractors pursuing CMMC certification and implementing NIST 800-171 requirements rely on Sayari’s supply chain intelligence to identify and assess third-party risk — a core component of cybersecurity maturity and controlled unclassified information protection.

Air-gapped and on-premise deployment

Sayari supports classified and air-gapped deployment environments for defense intelligence programs that cannot use SaaS platforms for sensitive investigations.

HOW IT WORKS

From raw data to confident decision.

01

Ingest your subcontractor and supplier registry

Sayari resolves your defense supply chain entities against 500M+ company records — including name variations, jurisdictional aliases, and successor entities.

02

Traverse ownership to identify FOCI indicators

Every entity’s corporate tree is traversed automatically — flagging foreign government shareholders, state-controlled parents, and entities on DCSA, OFAC, and BIS watchlists.

03

Generate investigation record for DCSA submission

Sayari produces structured investigation reports with primary-source citations — supporting FOCI mitigation agreement negotiations and supply chain security certification.

500M+

companies — including defense-critical entity coverage in adversarial jurisdictions

Sayari’s world model covers Chinese military-civil fusion entities, Russian state-owned defense enterprises, Iranian government-controlled companies, and their global subsidiary and affiliate networks.

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SAYARI VS. LEGACY TOOLS

Decisive action requires complete ownership data.

WITHOUT SAYARI
Screen supplier names against DCSA and OFAC watchlists
Rely on FOCI questionnaire self-certification
No visibility into foreign government ownership at Tier 2–3
Annual manual reviews with manual registry lookups
WITH SAYARI
Traverse full corporate ownership chains to identify foreign government control at any tier
Verify FOCI questionnaire responses against primary-source registry data
Continuous monitoring flags new government ownership and designation events
Automated supply chain risk scoring across the full subcontractor base
OUTCOMES

What decisive aerospace & defense teams accomplish.

3–5×
faster FOCI investigations

Defense contractors and DCSA investigators complete full corporate ownership traversals in hours — without manual registry searches across multiple national databases.

250+
jurisdictions covered

Full corporate tree coverage including China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and every offshore jurisdiction where defense supply chain entities are commonly registered.

100%
primary-source citation

Every FOCI finding is backed by a citation to the underlying corporate registry record — creating a defensible record for DCSA review and mitigation agreement negotiations.

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE · SAYARI

Build a defense supply chain you can certify.

Sayari gives defense contractors and government security teams the primary-source corporate ownership intelligence to make defensible FOCI determinations and supply chain security assessments.

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Case Study
U.S. DoD Program Office
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