It seems like the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) has been working on the amendments to the brokering rules in Part 129 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations since sometime during the Taft Administration. So when the latest…
The charging documents for the consent decree between Aeroflex and the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, which I wrote about last week, have now been released, and they tell an interesting, and somewhat alarming, story. It’s an alarming story because…
A press release published today on the State Department website revealed that the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls exacted a consent decree from Aeroflex in Plainview, NY, under which, among other things, Aeroflex will pay $8 million in fines as…
ABOVE: Tim Hoffman, DTSA If you thought it was taking longer to get export licenses from the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) and from the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”), you’re right. And the reason? Furloughs at the…
The Washington Post reported today that a confidential report from a Pentagon advisory group indicated that Chinese hackers had obtained sensitive military plans for a number of defense systems, including the Patriot Missile PAC-3, the F/A-18 fighter jet, the V-22…