INDUSTRIES · AEROSPACE & DEFENSE
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
product: “MCU Array (ECCN 3A001.a.1)”
contractor: “Aerotek Composites Inc. (US)”
✓ DFARS 252.204-7012 compliance: verified
✓ Active facility clearance: confirmed
chip_design_origin: CN (IP transfer)
⚠ Minority investor: UK-HK dual entity
✓ CFIUS not triggered · <25% threshold
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
ITAR counterparty screening
Supply chain entity resolution and monitoring
CMMC and NIST 800-171 supply chain security compliance
Air-gapped and on-premise deployment
HOW IT WORKS
From raw data to confident decision.
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.
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.
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.
SAYARI VS. LEGACY TOOLS
Decisive action requires complete ownership data.
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
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
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.
RECOMMENDED PRODUCTS
The Sayari stack for aerospace & defense risk.
Sayari Graph
The primary-source corporate intelligence platform – with corporate ownership traversal and trade record linkage across the electronics distribution networks used in semiconductor diversion.
FOCI Screening
Structured FOCI determination support – from initial ownership traversal through mitigation agreement documentation for DCSA submission.
Government Deployment
Air-gapped, on-premise, and private cloud deployment options for classified and sensitive defense intelligence programs.
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE · SAYARI
Build a defense supply chain you can certify.
Sayari gives electronics compliance teams the ownership intelligence to identify diversion risk, verify end-users, and build defensible export compliance records – before the shipment clears.
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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