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Holland & Knight LLP

Comment Period Extended for Proposed and Interim Space-Related Export Control Rules

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The U.S. Department of State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) and U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on Oct. 23, 2024, published a set of three rules concerning space-related...more

DLA Piper

New Federal Space-related Export Rules Strengthen US National Security

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The US Departments of State and Commerce have recently issued a series of rules that modernize space-related export controls to make the US more competitive and to strengthen international space partnerships while protecting...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Ticket to Ride – The Commercial Space Activity Exception and Space Tourism: Reduced Export Controls Ease Cross-Border...

You have always dreamed of going to space. All of us have at some point or another. And the only thing standing between you and that dream were overly-restrictive commodity and technology export licensing requirements on...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

First Significant Changes in Over a Decade to US Export Controls on Space-Related Items and Activities

U.S. export controls on space-related items were last significantly revised in 2014. Since then, the industry has continued to evolve towards a wider range of public-private partnerships and purely commercial activities,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Benefits of Friends: Removing Space Export Controls for Allies (Part III of IV)

You know who your friends are. You’ve known them for a long time, you understand one another, and, importantly, you trust each other. Well, countries have friends too. Maybe country-friends have similar foreign and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Commercial Industry Gets More Space: Reduced Export Controls Ease Cross-Border Collaborations (Part II of IV)

In a land before time (technologically speaking . . . so, like, the mid-nineties), the most basic software encryption functions were controlled under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations. The then-current...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Space Rules, or . . . Space Rules!: Reduced Export Controls Ease Cross-Border Collaborations (Part I of IV)

We may imagine that a space company begins with only a few screws and some sheet metal in a garage. But regardless of its origins, not long after that early phase, that same company is likely to have a global reach....more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

New Changes to the ITAR Focus on Unclassified Technical Data And the release of “Access Information”

As part of its years-long project to update and revise the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and better align them with the Export Control Regulations, the Department of State (DoS) recently amended the ITAR...more

Hogan Lovells

Space Policy Directive - 2, streamlining regulations on commercial use of space

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On 24 May 2018, continuing on his commitment to reform certain outdated U.S. space industry policies, President Trump signed the new Space Policy Directive - 2 (the Directive). This new framework is designed to help foster...more

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