Comments on: ITAR? What’s An ITAR? Is It Like an iPod?

By: Slone Pearson

Slone Pearson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:59:43 +0000

Word must have spread quickly, they pulled the boat from their web page!

I practice in the area of export control in Portland, OR…I’ll make sure to send them my card

By: Hamish

Hamish — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:01:05 +0000

Cliff

But is the classification Category VI(a) or is it that of an aircraft (Cat VIII) or an Amphibious vehicle in Cat VII?

I have two thoughts:

1) If the Black SUVs have arrived, i hope that they have got their paperwork done correctly – it appears that there is plenty of room for an inappropriate search if the wording is not quite correct.

2) If you are legitimately trading in Hovercraft and their components then there are wide variations in the classification of engines etc. (SME etc).
Does anyone have experience of this?

Hamish

By: Hillbilly

Hillbilly — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:51:47 +0000

But what if it has been thoroughly demilitarized? The hulk of the ex-USS Bennington, CV-20, was exported to India for scrapping circa 1994-95 as “G-DEST” after sale as surplus by DoD’s DRMS. While “demilitarization” alone might not suffice for a US-origin vessel under DRMS contract terms now in effect, if the once military hovercraft has had all weapons and ITAR controlled navigation and communications systems removed, could it not be “substantially transformed” into a commercial ferry.

By: Clif Burns

Clif Burns — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:46:25 +0000

@Hamish: That wouldn’t affect the classification here. What’s relevant here is that it was modified for military use by adding, for example, guns, tank compartments, and nuclear and CBW shelters.

By: Hamish

Hamish — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:26:07 +0000

Cliff

In the past, at least, a hovercraft was treated as an aircraft in the UK and you required a Pilot’s Licence rather than a Master’s Ticket to drive one over a certain size.

Would this affect the Classification?

Hamish

By: John Q. Citizen

John Q. Citizen — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:19:00 +0000

How funny is this… If you go to Portland Yacht’s home page, there’s a link called “International Export” which advises that “You can’t afford to deal with amateurs.” If I lived in Portland I would be parked near PYS’s office at 8am on Monday to count how many black SUVs show up.

By: Jim Dickeson

Jim Dickeson — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:40:17 +0000

Hey, Portland Yacht Sales, if you’re reading this, you timing is perfect:

http://www.buyusa.gov/oregon/itar.html

See you there!

By: LaurenM

LaurenM — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:05:38 +0000

Wow… genius alert. Guess they will know about it now!

By: JOHN LIEBMAN

JOHN LIEBMAN — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:40:13 +0000

All I ever get are off-color jokes. Where does Garrett get his material?

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:38:08 +0000

Hey Clif,

If I buy this will your firm help me get it imported? That thing could really help with traffic here in Los Angeles.