Delta-X Solutions offers one of the clearest examples of how Myanmar’s former military intelligence (MI) networks survived political transition by shifting from uniforms into private enterprise—while continuing to serve the armed forces and re-enter the public sphere through new institutional vehicles.
Corporate registry records show that Delta-X was established and run by former MI officers and close associates. Among its directors was former Brig-Gen Thein Swe, the former deputy to intelligence chief Khin Nyunt and head of the Office of Strategic Studies, the junta unit responsible for international propaganda. He was joined by former Col Tin Oo, Khin Nyunt’s former personal secretary, and Myint Oo, another ex-MI figure listed as a director. The company’s leadership placed Delta-X squarely within the inner circle of the old MI apparatus.
Delta-X initially focused on communications equipment and related technology, a sensitive sector tightly linked to security agencies. Leaked documents reviewed by Myanmar Now show the company supplied equipment to Myanmar’s Directorate of Defence Procurement, embedding it directly in the military’s logistics system. A former employee said Delta-X began supplying the military around 2018, well before the 2021 coup.
Crucially, Thein Swe was running Delta-X at the same time that he was also a shareholder in companies linked to Frontier Myanmar—a publication presented to readers and donors as an independent news magazine. This meant a former MI chief propagandist was simultaneously supplying the armed forces and holding a financial stake in a major media outlet, a conflict of interest never disclosed to Frontier’s journalists, funders or audience.
After the 2021 coup, Delta-X’s position strengthened further.
Registry filings show the company re-registered and expanded its scope, adding “marine machinery equipment and spares” to its activities as sanctions and economic collapse crippled many civilian firms.
In parallel, Thein Swe resurfaced publicly through the Paragon Institute, a little-known body aligned with the post-coup junta during his visits to China in 2024 and 2025. Through Paragon, he has participated in outreach to China on “national security” and regional cooperation, effectively reprising his old OSS role—this time as an informal envoy and strategic interlocutor for the military regime.
Delta-X is therefore not an isolated business venture. It forms part of a broader architecture of continuity, in which former MI figures like Thein Swe moved seamlessly between media ownership, military supply chains, and post-coup policy advocacy.
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