Myanmar Directorate of Defence Industries
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The Myanmar Directorate of Defence Industries (Burmese: ကာကွယ်ရေး ပစ္စည်းစက်ရုံများ ညွှန်ကြားရေးမှူးရုံး; BGN/PCGN: Kagwèye Passizetyônmya Hnywan-Gyayehmuyôn; abbreviated DI), commonly known as Directorate of Defence Industries,[1] Karkweye Pyitsu Setyoun,[2][3] or its Burmese abbreviation, Ka Pa Sa,[4][5][6] is a state-owned enterprise that is officially part of the Tatmadaw.[2] DI is responsible for producing military equipment throughout the country for the Myanmar Army, the Myanmar Navy and the Myanmar Air Force. It is the only company that has monopolized firearms production.[7]
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ကာကွယ်ရေးပစ္စည်းစက်ရုံများညွှန်ကြားရေးမှူးရုံး | |
Founded | 1950; 74 years ago (1950) |
Country | Myanmar |
Branch | Under Military Training General, Chief of Staff |
Type | Defence product industries |
Part of | Tatmadaw |
As of 2021, Lieutenant General Thein Htay is said to head the Directorate.[8]