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…
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls issued a Federal Register notice, printed today, that lifted the 1997 statutory debarment of AdComm, Inc. AdComm became debarred after it purchased the assets of a debarred party, Electrodyne, which had been debarred based…
ABOVE:French Rafale M Fighter Jet An article that appeared today on the website of the German-based Defence Professionals group reported on an address given last week by French Defense Minister Hervé Morin. Mr. Morin optimistically predicted that France would surpass…
Luxembourg-based Qioptiq S.A.R.L. agreed in mid-December to a $25 million fine in connection with its unlicensed exports of military-grade night vision items and technology without required licenses from the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. Most of the unlicensed exports were…
The saga over conflicts between the Department of State and the Department of Commerce regarding which agency has jurisdiction over exports of aircraft parts continues with the latest Final Rule issued by the Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security. The…