Robert Bigelow is a Las Vegas hotel billionaire who owns Bigelow Aerospace and wants to put a Budget Suites of America motel somewhere in space near you. Such facilities are apparently called privately-owned orbital facilities or POOFs. Seriously. Of course,…
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) has revamped its web site and says it hopes “the new format enhances your experience at this Web site.” It also hopes that all visitors to the new site only use Microsoft’s Internet…
Canadian Foreign MinisterMaxime Bernier An article in today’s Toronto-based Globe and Mail uses the occasion of the recent visit of Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier to Washington to see his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, as an opportunity…
From our unfortunate press release department: Richardson, TX – Trilogy Circuits announced the completion of registration under the US Department of State’s International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Administered by the Office of the Defense Trade Controls Compliance (DDTC), under…
The Government Accounting Office released today a report analyzing arms export licensing delays at the Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”). Not surprisingly, particularly to exporters experienced in DDTC’s licensing process, the report concludes that DDTC’s licensing…