A push is needed to remove communications satellite components fr...
A push is needed to remove communications satellite components from the munitions list so they can be exported more easily, the Aerospace Industries Association said Monday. “You are hearing a chorus of voices saying it is time,” said CEO…
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Marion Blakely. All satellite-communications components are considered munitions and require export approval through the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. That system was good when it started but now “has other consequences,” said J.P. Stevens, the association’s vice president of space policy. One is the emergence of “ITAR-free” satellite manufacturers overseas, he said. “You have foreign-based companies that are staying away from U.S. suppliers. Our companies need that business.” A new report from the association, “The Role of Space in Addressing America’s National Priorities” continues its effort to look at space “in a way that is important to the average man on the street,” he said: “If we turned GPS off for one minute, we would really wake people up.”