One of our readers has been monitoring the Lloyd’s Register (subscription required) of shipping vessels and noticed something unusual: bunches of Iranian ships were changing their names. For example, on November 16, 2008, the the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping…
Redmond-based Analytical Methods, Inc., entered into a consent agreement, released earlier this week, with the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) in connection with unlicensed provision of defense services to foreign persons and unlicensed exports of software adapted for military…
ABOVE:INS Shivalik under construction PLEASE SEE IMPORTANT UPDATE AT THE END OF THIS POST. The INS Shivalik, the first in the Shivalik class of stealth frigates being built by the Indian Navy, was scheduled for commissioning in April or May…
ABOVE:Rolls-Royce Model 250 Engine When an Iranian businessman based in Tehran arrived in the United States on Saturday, he was probably not expecting that his welcome wagon would be a contingent of special agents from the Bureau of Industry and…
This must be the season for press releases from companies reporting that they have “achieved” ITAR “certification.” I reported on one of those just a few days ago and along comes another one, this time from California-based SigmaQuest. And I…