A/HRC/42/CRP.3 VI. Arms and military equipment suppliers to the Tatmadaw615 A. Enterprises and States that transfer conventional arms and related items to the Tatmadaw State-owned or private Country of export Description of military goods supplied Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) State-owned China In November 2018, the Tatmadaw Air Force received its first six JF-17M “Thunder” combat aircraft out of a total of 16 aircraft ordered in 2015 on a USD $560 million contract.616 2 China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) State-owned China In May 2017, it was reported that the Tatmadaw was acquiring SY-400 shortrange precision surface-to-surface ballistic missile systems, manufactured by the China state-owned China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation.617 3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC) State-owned China A CASC in factory in Myanmar builds and sells the CH-4 drone, which fires AR-1 missiles that can hit a distant target with a margin of error of less than 1.5 metres.618 4 China National AeroTechnology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC) State-owned China The Myanmar Air Defence Force will be the first foreign customer to purchase CATIC’s Y-9E transport aircraft.619 5 China North Industries State-owned Corporation (NORINCO) China A May 2019 report indicates that 76 NORINCO-manufactured Type-92 armoured vehicles were acquired by the Tatmadaw. A March, 2019 report indicates that some of these armoured vehicles are being combined with NORINCOmanufactured turrets and NORINCOmanufactured 100 mm high-pressure/lowrecoil smooth-bore guns which fire tungsten-core armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding-sabot (APFSDS) rounds. No. Name of company 1 615 616 617 618 619 106 These lists are not intended to be either exhaustive or authoritative, and are based on open-source and official Government of Myanmar information. “Le JF-17 « Thunder » entre en service au Myanmar,” Avia News, 11 November 2018 (http://psk.blog.24heures.ch/archive/2018/11/03/le-jf-17-thunder-entre-en-service-au-myanmar866464.html) “Myanmar looks to buy Chinese SY-400 ballistic missile systems,” Defense Blog Online Military Magazine, 5 May 2017 (https://defence-blog.com/news/myanmar-looks-to-buy-chinese-sy-400ballistic-missile-systems.html) “Chinese drone factory in Saudi Arabia first in Middle East,” South China Morning Post, 26 March 2017 (https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2081869/chinese-drone-factorysaudi-arabia-first-middle-east). “Myanmar to buy new Chinese Y-9E transport aircraft,” Defense Blog Online Military Magazine, 28 November 2016 (https://defence-blog.com/news/myanmar-to-buy-new-chinese-y-9e-transportaircraft.html)