Ensuring aviation safety is a global endeavor with many players. The Boeing 737 aircraft depends on approximately 700 suppliers across the globe that make about 2 million separate parts. National defense depends upon maintaining secure access to sensitive information and technologies across more than 100,000 defense industrial base companies and their subcontractors. Aerospace and defense (A&D) companies operating in this high-stakes environment must navigate increasingly complex global supply chains and escalating geopolitical tensions.
Navigating these challenges requires that A&D companies protect their supply chains from infiltration and diversion by illicit actors. In addition, recent amendments to the FY2026 NDAA require additional scrutiny of government contractors for ties to foreign governments. A&D companies must execute an unparalleled level of diligence in vetting across all tier 1 and sub-tier suppliers.
Core challenges facing A&D companies
Product diversion
A&D companies must ensure their products do not end up in conflict zones or sanctioned states like Russia and China. This requires visibility into the journey dual-use goods take beyond initial sale to legitimate distributors. Diversion detection capabilities can help A&D companies identify unauthorized distributors and suspicious transshipment patterns to achieve greater security and compliance.
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Supply chain security
Hidden ownership by foreign state-sponsored actors exposes A&D supply chains to significant risk, while new mandates like the NDAA amendment require deeper scrutiny of partners for ties to foreign intelligence. A&D companies must map their entire supplier network beyond tier 1 to illuminate these risks and confidently vet partners.
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Intellectual property theft
Foreign adversaries and state-sponsored actors attempt to steal sensitive intellectual property, like advanced engine designs, by infiltrating joint venture partners. A&D companies must conduct deep due diligence on current and potential partners to understand their true nature and eliminate hidden state-sponsorship and political connection risk.
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Sayari: a solution built for deep supplier insight
Sayari provides the critical risk intelligence A&D companies need to navigate these compliance challenges. Sayari empowers organizations to make confident, evidence-based decisions with these unique differentiators:
- Go Beyond the Watchlist: Sayari’s comprehensive global data enables users to evaluate entities to identify both list-based risk and the unknown risks and shell companies that list-based tools can’t detect.
- Connect Trade Data to Ownership: Sayari links trade flows with corporate structures to give organizations a complete supplier picture, addressing ownership concerns and supply chain relevance.
- Get Unmatched Coverage in High-Risk Areas: Sayari data delivers superior visibility into opaque jurisdictions like China, Russia, and Turkey, where risks to A&D companies are most concentrated.
Our A&D customers use Sayari to help safeguard national security and ensure aviation safety. By offering deep insights into beneficial ownership, trading relationships, and potential red flags such as connections to sanctioned entities, Sayari enables a proactive and robust approach to supply chain resilience and compliance.
To learn more about how Sayari helps aerospace and defense companies build agile, resilient supply chains capable of withstanding global regulatory and geopolitical pressures, request a demo.
