As the Space Shuttle is headed for the mothballs, NASA wants to pass out parts of the shuttle as souvenirs. Asbestos-laden tiles as souvenirs. To school kids. ITAR? Oh, don’t bother us with petty little details. Needless to say, the…
One of the jobs of this blog is to inform our faithful readers about changes that DDTC makes in its rules and guidelines but, for whatever reason, decides that it should keep secret. Currently Section 13.2(a)(3) of the Guidelines for…
Yesterday provisional results were announced in the referendum on whether southern Sudan should be allowed to secede from Sudan and become an independent nation. The provisional results indicate that the vote was nearly unanimous in favor of secession, which means,…
You may think that the only really military application for your iPhone involves using a slingshot to launch some irritated birds at shelters harboring egg-stealing pigs, but you’d be wrong. Army Captain Jonathan Springer used $26,000 of his own funds…
A Federal Register notice issued today implemented expected reforms which loosen certain controls on U.S. exports to India. The notice removed some, but not all, Indian companies and organizations on the Entity List, a list maintained by the Bureau of…