The Military Industry Corporation is the state-run defense corporation of Sudan. It is responsible for the production of a wide range of defence equipment, such as munitions, firearms, artillery etc.
Native name | هيئة التصنيع الحربي |
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Company type | State-owned company |
Industry | Defence |
Founded | 1993[1] |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Africa |
Key people | Mirghani Idris (President) |
Products | munitions, firearms, artillery, combat vehicle, naval vessels, civil and military aerospace, electro-optical devices, telecommunications |
Subsidiaries | Alshagara Industrial Complex Yarmouk Industrial Complex Elshaheed Ibrahim Shamseldeen Complex for Heavy Industries Alzargaa Engineering Complex Safat Aviation Complex |
Website | www.mic.sd |
The MIC was established by national decree in 1993 under the Ministry of Defence and consolidate the existing defense establishment and manufacturing plants.[2]
MIC has made efforts to push more sales in Africa[3] since 2013 when MIC’s director of external relations, Ali Othman Mahmoud said that local production is being encouraged to meet the needs of the Sudanese military and export any surplus materials abroad.[4]
The MIC is grouped into the following major complexes covering different areas:
The MIC have advertised a wide range of products that appears to be versions of equipment originally supplied to Sudan or licensed by China, Russia and Iran.[8] Armored vehicles are repaired and produced at the Elshaheed Ibrahim Shams el Deen Complex in Khartoum.[9]
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To help ease the Sudan established an armour repair workshop and the Elshaheed Ibrahim Shams el Deen Complex, the latter of which is also involved in the production of several types of armoured fighting vehicles. [...] This opposed to the Elshaheed Ibrahim Shams el Deen Complex, which is part of the Military Industry Corporation (MIC). The armour repair workshop is located in the heart of Khartoum, which is certainly an interesting location to set up such a facility.
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