Yesterday the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) announced new documentation requirements for export licenses. Failure to meet this requirement can result in an export license being returned without action although DDTC says that for an “interim” period of unspecified…
Defense News published yesterday an interview with Frank Ruggiero, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Defense Trade and Regional Security in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. Mr. Ruggiero oversees all defense exports from the United States, including Direct Commercial Sales and…
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…