In May, the US State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) published its long-awaited rule amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to implement the AUKUS Trilateral Security...more
9/4/2024
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In January 2020, the U.S. Departments of State and Commerce published regulations transferring certain firearms, ammunition, components, and accessories from controls under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)...more
The U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program offers government contractors and suppliers to the U.S. defense industry valuable access to markets outside the United States and to bona fide customers in those markets. The FMS...more
6/3/2021
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The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) took a number of significant actions to expand the list of destinations listed as “Proscribed Countries” in ITAR §126.1. This is an important compliance...more
Earlier this year, the U.S. Government initiated a series of actions to address the People’s Republic of China’s continuing efforts to undermine the autonomy of the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)....more