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…
Pursuant to a provision of the recently passed Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, DDTC announced that it is now its policy to deny export licenses for defense articles and services to Sri Lanka. A last minute amendment to the embargo provision…
The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) released today a final rule making it easier to transfer technical data under a technical assistance agreement (“TAA”) to third-country nationals, i.e., nationals of countries other than the country specifically authorized…
On December 3, Philip Cheng from Cupertino, California, was sentenced to a two-year prison term for his involvement in a scheme to export night vision equipment to China. Cheng, an export broker, had been involved in a transaction in which…