The Unión de Industrias Militares (UIM, English: Union of Military Industries) is the state owned military–industrial complex in Cuba.
It is responsible for the repair of the weaponry and technology of the ground, air and naval units of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces as well as the production of light weapons for infantry, ammunition, mines and other equipment.
The UIM also devotes part of its production and service capacity to serving other requirements of the Cuban economy.
[3] The group has its origins in the 1960s with the creation of the Empresas Militares Industriales (EMI, English: Industrial Military Companies) after the Cuban Revolution.
[1] Operating out of sixteen industrial installations, approximately 230 factories and companies are involved in total.