bluecollardollar - crystal clear - thank you Sir.
i'm happy to report some good news.
The revision of U.S. Munitions List (USML), a ten thousand page book, which governs the commodities covered by International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). - more specifically category XII - covering a wide range of key optics & photonics technologies - has crossed the finish line (finally - work has been in progress for one and half year)
A very important document, involving department of defense, state and commerce and setting the framework for US and partly for international (NATO) export control/permits by governments.
It’s done - published October 12 and effective from December 31, 2016.
The “specially designed' criteria” ensure that dual-use technologies (military & commercial) are not considered munitions items anymore and move from the U.S. Munitions List (USML) to the Commerce Control List (CCL). See link below for the list of concerned technologies.
please
12 Oct 2016 - Optics societies welcome changes to US export regulations
http://optics.org/news/7/10/16
Now the rules are on the table - mystique, fairchi - I do think time has come to talk hard metrics.
Cheers
Link:
the list of concerned technologies: ( please see page 6 / part 121 (or document page 8443)
19 Feb 2016, Federal Register - Proposed amendments to the U.S.’s International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) - USML category XII
http://www.pmddtc.state.gov/FR/2016/81FR8438.pdf
