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MARPA 2012 is the Place to Do Business: Air Carrier Update

The air carriers will be at the 2012 MARPA Conference, and they will be looking for PMA solutions. MARPA has 40 pre-registered air carrier representatives from 17 different air carriers attending the 2012 Annual Conference in Las Vegas: Continue reading

U.S. Government Almost Ready to Publish Export Reform

The Hill Reports that the Administration is getting ready to publish the first of a series of export revisions; these revisions are expected to make it easier to export civil aircraft parts that serve a dual-use. Continue reading

New Brokering Rule for ITAR-Controlled Exports

The Department of State has published a proposed rule that seeks to to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITARs) as they apply to brokers and brokering activities. Continue reading

State Department Seeks to Tilt the Playing Field for Exports of ITAR-Controlled Parts.

The State Department has proposed to exempt from the State Department’s ITAR export licensing requirements certain parts and components that are sent as replacements for an end unit that was previously legally exported. MARPA filed responsive comments asking the State Department to level the playing field, and treat all similarly-situated exporters to the same licensing standards. Continue reading

Is Export Reform Really In Our Future?

In his State of the Union Address, the President exclaimed “We need to export more of our goods.” He explained that we will reform export controls consistent with national security. Aerospace manufacturers should keep a careful watch over the export rules as we begin to approach “reform.” Continue reading

“The Economist” Agrees that US Export Policy Is a Problem

Noted financial/political magazine The Economist has published an editorial agreeing with MARPA’s position on the recent State Department interpretation of the export rules. The Economist article points out the damage that these rules are likely to do to the US commercial space industry, as more non-US competitors find that the confusion and counter-productive limits imposed … Continue reading

State Department Expands Its Export Jurisdiction

The State Department has issued a rule that was announced as ‘clarifying’ the State Department’s policy with respect to which aircraft parts are considered commercial for export purposes, and which ones are considered to be governed by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITARs). The true effect of this rule, though, is to expand the … Continue reading