Lockheed Martin agreed in December to a $3 million civil penalty in connection with ITAR violations committed by its subsidiary Sippican. The order imposing the fine was entered on December 12. Sippican was involved in developing the electronic payload for…
Thanks to a consent agreement released last week, 2007 will have one less export consultant than 2006. Under that agreement, DDTC debarred Security Assistance International from exporting, or participating in the export of, defense articles, although the company can apply…
On Tuesday, with little fanfare and with no announcement that I could find, DDTC’s website was moved to a secret new address and went into hiding. Most export professionals had grown fond of DDTC’s unique URI: This was, until…
Last week the GAO released an unusually critical report which chided both DDTC and BIS over the way both agencies handled deemed export issues posed by university research programs. The report was prompted by an inquiry from Representative James Sensenbrenner,…
In April 2005, Finmeccanica acquired BAE Systems Avionics, Ltd. which it renamed SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems Limited. A notice posted on December 7 on the DDTC website reveals that DDTC’s Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (“DTCC”) is not…