Weapon Program:
- Military
Related Country:
- China
- Hong Kong
- Malaysia
Address:
Rm 2304 Ho King, Commercial Bldg 2-16, Fa Yuen St., Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
E-Mail:
Supplier Web Site:
https://dirac-tech.com
A Hong Kong-based electronics and telecommunications company; according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, part of a transnational procurement network led by Hossein Hatefi Ardakani and active in Hong Kong and Malaysia that supports Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization (ASF SSJO) and its production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has helped Hossein Hatefi Ardakani and Gholamreza Ebrahimzadeh Ardakani procure UAV-applicable antennas for the benefit of the ASF SSJO.
Other front companies facilitating Ardakani's procurement of items with UAV applications include:
- Arta Wave Sdn. Bhd.
- Integrated Scientific Microwave Technology
- Nava Hobbies Sdn. Bhd.
- Skyline Advanced Technologies Sdn. Bhd.
Claims to design and manufacture systems for low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellites, radar, and other telecommunications applications; products have military applications and uses in global navigation satellite systems (GNSS).
Products include antennas, frequency doublers, phase shifters, power meters, RF-microwave amplifiers and filters, vector network analyzers (VNAs), spectrum analyzers, and power combiners, couplers, and dividers.
Claims to operate design and manufacturing facilities in Hong Kong and Malaysia; claims to have an electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and microwave measurement lab that provides EMC and electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing services for satellites.
Affiliated with Skyline Advanced Technologies Sdn. Bhd.
Incorporated in 2021.
Sanctions
Added on December 19, 2023, to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), freezing its assets under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibiting transactions with U.S. parties, pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and their delivery systems; foreign parties facilitating transactions for the entity or otherwise assisting the entity may be subject to U.S. sanctions; also subject to the Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations; foreign financial institutions facilitating transactions for the entity may be prohibited from opening or maintaining correspondent or payable-through accounts in the United States; subject to heightened export license requirements (with a presumption of denial) due to involvement in activities related to WMD proliferation.