DDTC extends military electronics ‘temporary modification’
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (‘DDTC’) has said it is extending a temporary modification to the US Military List Category XI (b) – which covers kinds of US electronics – pending a ‘long-term solution’.
It explained that on 27 August 2021, it had ‘announced in the Federal Register the continuation of the temporary modification to USML Category XI(b),’ and that while this was ‘originally published on July 1, 2014 (79 FR 37536), and extended through August 30, 2021 (84 FR 45652, Aug. 20, 2019), the Department is extending the temporary modifications until August 30, 2026.’
Category XI(b) refers to ‘Electronic systems or equipment…specially designed for intelligence purposes that collect, survey, monitor, or exploit the electromagnetic spectrum (regardless of transmission medium), or for counteracting such activities.’
DDTC said: ‘The scope of control in existence prior to December 30, 2014 for USML Category XI paragraph (b) and directly related software in paragraph (d) remains in effect. This clarification was achieved by reinserting the words “analyze and produce information from” and by adding software to the description of items controlled in USML Category XI(b). This extension is being made while the Department continues to develop a long-term solution for USML Category XI(b) with its partners.’
