Last Updated: January 19, 2026
DEFENSE INDUSTRIES SYSTEM
Aliases
MILITARY INDUSTRY CORPORATION; DEFENSE INDUSTRIES CORPORATION; DEFENSE INDUSTRY SYSTEM
Address
Khartoum North, Khartoum, 10783, Sudan
Official reason
Defense Industries System is Sudan’s largest defense enterprise, generating an estimated $2 billion in revenue via hundreds of subsidiaries across various sectors of Sudan’s economy. DIS manufactures a range of small arms, conventional weapons, ammunition, and military vehicles for the SAF, and uses a complex system to hide its ownership of these s...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1514
Date of listing
2023-06-01
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 14098 Imposing Sanctions on Certain Persons Destabilizing Sudan and Undermining the Goal of a Democratic Transition
Regime
OFAC country specific
Target State
Sudan
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry
Sanctions Portfolio
• https://www.state.gov/risks-and-considerations-for-u-s-businesses-operating-in-sudan/
Official Information
E.O. 14098 of May 4, 2023, among other things, authorizes the imposition of sanctions on foreign persons to address the situation in Sudan following the military’s seizure of power in October 2021 and the outbreak of inter-service fighting in April 2023, and to support a transition to democracy and civilian transitional government in Sudan.
Additional Details
SDN
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